CAS Coastal Center Marsh  10 AM-1PM

6 GREATER YELLOW LEGS
5 SNOWY EGRETS
1 GREAT BLUE HERON
1 JUVENILE YELLOW CROWNED NIGHT HERON
1 JUVENILE HERRING GULL, running after the adult Herring Gull,  juvenile was
begging,  and extending its neck .  After quite some  time, it finally caught
its own crab, which it smacked around  and  consumed. It put on quite a show.

Later in the day,  (4:30PM-4:50PM) I stopped by the field  at intersection of
121 & route 34, which Nick Bonomo mentioned.  A  beautiful expanse of land.
I did see the Clay colored sparrow at the  location of the solitary tree;
also 2 Savannah sparrows, a song  sparrow and a Peregrine Falcon (I
believe),possibly a Merlin, which I  could see had pointed wings , a long tail and a
definite dark mustache, in the  tall trees behind the solitary tree in the field. It
landed on the center  top of the tallest tree in the background.
Being that I was on the paved part of the road and looking  through
binoculars in the distance, I could see a mustache and the pointed wings  as it flew,
but size was hard to determine.
Lots of monarchs in the  field.

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A lively morning in my yard in Waterbury today included (3) imm.
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, several Blue-headed Vireos, Scarlet Tanager,
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Carolina Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and
Yellow-rumped warbler.

12/15 - Waterbury, Bunker Hill residence -- (3) imm. YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKERS