From Keith Mueller:
12/18/13 - Madison, Circle Beach -- Glaucous Gull, Iceland Gull,
Lesser Black-backed Gull.
From Mike Berzenski via Mona Cavallero:
12/18/13 - Old Saybrook, Rt 154 -- Snowy Owl on new seawall, then
flew up on roof of house along 154. It is a Mature bird. Still
later, White house corner Woodland and 154.
From Russ Smiley:
12/18/13 - Woodmont, Merwin Point -- Harlequin Duck continued in cove
to east of point with bench.
From Tina Green:
12/18/13 - Milford, just west of Merwin Point -- female Harlequin Duck
feeding alone near a rock outcropping offshore as of 11:20 AM.
From Bill Wallace via Tina Green:
12/18/13 - Stratford- on the causeway near the airport- dark morph
Rough-legged Hawk seen and photographed around 1:15.
From Tina Green:
12/18/13 - Westport, Sherwood Island SP -- flushed 2 American
Woodcocks near the south edge of the pine grove.
From Frank Mantlik:
12/18/13 - Stratford, Birdseye Boat Ramp -- 1st winter ICELAND GULL
eating remains of a fish at 2:20.
Milford, viewed from Stratford -- SNOWY OWL sitting in salt marsh on
Milford side of river, easily viewed now from Kaeser fishing on the
west side.
From Sara Zagorski with John Oshlick:
12/18/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 2 Rough-legged Hawks by
Willard's Island, and one is a dark morph.
From Sara Zagorski:
12/18/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- heavily barred Snowy Owl
on the breakwater at Meig's Pt, sitting on mound right at the
beginning near the recycling sign. There at 3:15 PM.
From John Oshlick:
12/18/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- In addition to the Snowy
Owl and the 2 Rough-legs I had a Brown Thrasher in the campground.
From Linda Clancy:
12/18/13 - Bloomfield yard -- 1 juvenile YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER.