Extralimital (but nearby!) Note: "a Black Guillemot has been seen in Glen Cove, Long Island for about a week (from the NY listserv). It was seen today. Keep your eyes open!" (Nearest part of CT is Greenwich, but it might have cousins.) From Patrick Dugan, Al Collins: 12/24/13 - Stamford, Shippan Pt -- 7:30 to 9:45 AM; 24 Razorbills. 12/26/13 - Stamford, Shippan Pt -- 7:30 to 9:30 AM; 3 Razorbills. From Tina Green 12/26/13 - Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- Brown Thrasher, Fox Sparrow, Yellow- bellied Sapsucker. From James Purcell: 12/26/13 - Fairfield, Penfield Reef -- 9:30 AM; male Barrow's Goldeneye continues. From Russ Smiley: 12/26/13 - Windsor, Windsor Landfill -- 1st cycle Iceland Gull at noon. From Jan Collins: 12/26/13 - Somers, Farm pond area Hutton/9th District Rd -- 10:30 AM; 1 SNOW GOOSE, 2 NORTHERN PINTAIL males. From Nick Bonomo: 12/26/13 - Stratford, Long Beach -- A long walk down the beach resulting in a staked-out heavily-marked SNOWY OWL on the last jetty that provided nice scope views. Other birders reported a second owl at the tip of the same long jetty. Also seen were that large second-cycle ICELAND GULL, and a flock of SNOW BUNTINGS. Stratford, in front of Marnick's Restaurant, by the seawall -- adult ICELAND GULL on the beach. Wallingford, Rte 5, Stop & Shop Plaza -- first-winter ICELAND GULL continues. If you look for the bird and it's not there, check a bit further south down Route 5 at Shop Rite and Walmart. The gulls commute up and down the busy road. From Frank Mantlik: 12/26/13 - Stratford, Short Beach -- SNOWY OWL (on offshore breakwater. I let 3 women with NJ plates view it through scope), ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (light morph hunting old landfill). Stratford Point -- RAZORBILL flying by offshore, 3 White-winged Scoters. Birdseye Boat ramp -- 1st-cycle ICELAND GULL. Long Beach -- large 2nd-cycle ICELAND GULL. I agree with Julian's assessment as to species, based on dark outer webs to outer primaries, long primary projection, etc. Lordship Seawall -- Adult ICELAND GULL. Beautiful bird near Marnick's Restaurant; I suspect it's the same individual that has been returning to the area for seven (?) years now. From Hank Golet: 12/26/13 - Old Lyme, Great Island, from Smith Neck launching area -- SNOWY OWL on the beach, southwestwest side of Great Island. I checked at 7:15 AM and again at 4:00 PM and bird had only moved about 10 feet. Scope is needed. From Glenn Williams: 12/26/13 - Waterford, Harkness Memorial State Park - female COMMON EIDER, 2 SNOW BUNTINGS; no sign of the female King Eider which has not been reported in a while. From Dan Rottino: 12/26/13 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach SP -- 3 FOX SPARROWS in campground, 1 PEREGRINE FALCON off Cedar Island platform. 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR and 3 SNOW BUNTING smack dab in the middle of the nature center parking lot (with many more Horned Larks). From Paul Carrier: 12/26/13 - Harwinton yard -- Had a lone Pine Siskin (in with the 4 goldfinch I see daily). The 3rd visit in 2 months or so. From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson: 12/25/13 - Norwalk, Calf Pasture Beach -- 2 PM; 1 NORTHERN GANNETT flew out from the Norwalk Harbor that was very interesting.