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02/26/2013

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Roy Harvey
Wed, Feb 27, 2013 4:43 AM

From Meredith Sampson:
02/26/13 - Old Greenwich, Binney Park -- EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL
continues near the stone bridge at the rear of the park.

From Tina Green:
02/26/13 - Westport, Sherwood Island SP -- 3 Northern Pintails, 2
drake and 1 hen at the Mill Pond before the entrance.

From Paul Cianfaglione:
02/26/13 - Hartford, Riverside Park -- 2 male EUROPEAN GODLFINCH
flying around Riverside Park entrance area.  Seen drinking from a
mud-puddle in the NE Cycle Center parking lot. This makes it at least
three straight years that I have seen these birds in this exact
location.

From Keith Mueller:
02/26/13 - Windsor, Windsor Landfill -- 1 maybe 2 Glaucous Gulls (1st
cycle White) and 2 Iceland gulls 1st and 2nd cycle.

From Frank Mantlik:
02/26/13 - Stratford, Long Beach -- 3:30 PM; made a brief stop here.
Had no time to walk down to look for the Glaucous/Iceland Gull.  But
did see 1 Bonaparte's Gull and the adult "KUMLIEN'S" ICELAND GULL. The
latter flew off with a flock and I relocated it sitting on the roof of
house at 30 Fifth Ave.
Stratford, Russian Beach (Park Blvd) -- 4 PM; a mixed flock of 350
gulls and about 20 ducks surface-feeding on plankton.  This is the
first I've seen of this annual event, whereby many thousands of gulls
feed in this manner off SW CT for the next month or so.

From Alex Burdo:
02/26/13 -  Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- 1 NORTHERN PINTAIL
(male), 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.

From Ted Gilman:
02/25/13 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- AMERICAN WOODCOCK; at least
one and possibly two males calling and doing display flight in front
fields north of Audubon Center building.

From Meredith Sampson: 02/26/13 - Old Greenwich, Binney Park -- EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL continues near the stone bridge at the rear of the park. From Tina Green: 02/26/13 - Westport, Sherwood Island SP -- 3 Northern Pintails, 2 drake and 1 hen at the Mill Pond before the entrance. From Paul Cianfaglione: 02/26/13 - Hartford, Riverside Park -- 2 male EUROPEAN GODLFINCH flying around Riverside Park entrance area. Seen drinking from a mud-puddle in the NE Cycle Center parking lot. This makes it at least three straight years that I have seen these birds in this exact location. From Keith Mueller: 02/26/13 - Windsor, Windsor Landfill -- 1 maybe 2 Glaucous Gulls (1st cycle White) and 2 Iceland gulls 1st and 2nd cycle. From Frank Mantlik: 02/26/13 - Stratford, Long Beach -- 3:30 PM; made a brief stop here. Had no time to walk down to look for the Glaucous/Iceland Gull. But did see 1 Bonaparte's Gull and the adult "KUMLIEN'S" ICELAND GULL. The latter flew off with a flock and I relocated it sitting on the roof of house at 30 Fifth Ave. Stratford, Russian Beach (Park Blvd) -- 4 PM; a mixed flock of 350 gulls and about 20 ducks surface-feeding on plankton. This is the first I've seen of this annual event, whereby many thousands of gulls feed in this manner off SW CT for the next month or so. From Alex Burdo: 02/26/13 - Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- 1 NORTHERN PINTAIL (male), 1 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW. From Ted Gilman: 02/25/13 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- AMERICAN WOODCOCK; at least one and possibly two males calling and doing display flight in front fields north of Audubon Center building.