Note: A day with no Snow Owl reports!
From John Oshlick:
12/15/13 - Milford, Merwin Point -- around 9:30; Harleqin Duck
continues, actively feeding off the point
From Dan Rottino & Family:
12/15/13 - Milford, Merwin Point -- 10:50 AM; 1 HARLEQUIN DUCK. The
female was found on the beach preening but later flew to the rocks
just offshore.
From John Marshall:
12/15/13 - Milford, Merwin Point -- Harlequin Duck, still present on
the rocks to the right of the point at 1:35.
From Aaron Dollar:
12/15/13 - Milford, Merwin Point -- Harlequin Duck relocated a bit
west of the point, closer to interior cove near Sloppy Jose's. Could
not see from point area.
From Richard Payne:
12/15/13 - East Haven, Brazos Rd -- 10:10 to 10:30 AM; the Barrow's
Goldeneye continued off the point at the spot marked private beach.
There was also another female Harlequin Duck right next to the
Barrow's, and noticeably smaller than the goldeneyes.
From Bob and Maureen Dewire:
12/15/13 - Stonington, Barn Island -- At 1st impoundment there was a
BLACK-HEADED GULL. This is the 3rd winter for this presumed same
bird.
From Keith and Ken Mueller:
12/15/13 - Madison, Circle Beach -- Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull.
This 1st cycle Glaucous Gull drifted out into the Sound and eventually
flew off. It flew in with a bunch of other gulls, stayed for half an
hour before leaving.
From Marty Swanhall:
12/15/13 - Woodbury yard -- had a Pine Siskin perch in maple tree to
watch me as I brushed snow off car
From Annette Nejaime Pasek:
12/14/13 - Glastonbury -- Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker on what looked like
a Cedar on the corner of Knob Hill Road and Newell Road.