From Jim Pfeifer: 12/20/13 - Stratford, Short Beach -- 75+ Snow Buntings in parking area. Long Beach -- 1 Snowy Owl; very white bird, perched on a wooden post toward west end of beach, then flushed by someone walking dogs. Flew west toward Bridgeport. Also 1 Fox Sparrow. From Jim and Carol Zipp: 12/20/13 - Hamden yard -- Our now annual Rusty Blackbird flock is up to 43 birds this morning.  For what it's worth, this is the earliest we've had them in numbers.  They usually peak in Jan/Feb for us. Also more than the typical number of cowbirds hanging out this winter. From Sophie Zyla: 12/20/13 - Stratford, Long Beach -- Snowy Owl sitting nicely on 4th jetty. From Russ Smiley: 12/20/13 - Stratford, Short Beach -- dark morph Rough-legged Hawk. Also Lapland Longspur, Snow Buntings. Frash Pond -- Iceland gull out in ice. Raven Pond -- two hen Northern Pintails that Frank M reported previously. From Stefan Martin: 12/20/13 - Greenwich, Grass Island -- 1 female Northern Shoveler. From Arthur Shippee: 12/20/13 - Hamden, North Lake Dr -- 18 or more Rusty Blackbirds, mixed M & F. From Jack Swatt: 12/20/13 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- 4 LAPLAND LONGSPURS at the left corner of Great Meadow Rd.  I spotted them at a distance in the gated driveway to a hunting area, then they flushed and settled right up close to the gate giving good views.  Later flushed into the corn stubble, never to be seen again. From James Purcell: 12/20/13 - Fairfield -- I discovered the male Barrow's Goldeneye at Penfield Reef again today, presumably the same individual from last Saturday. It probably never left, but I haven't been able to check the reef all week. From Timothy L Thompson: 12/20/13 - Groton, Avery Point -- Snowy Owl. presumed first year female with heavy barring, perched on pole to right of island. From Dee Hansen: 12/19/13 - West Hartford(?) -- A Snowy Owl flew over Bloomfield Ave as I drove out of the University of Hartford Thursday headed toward Cottage Grove. 12/20/13 - between Avon & Simsbury -- as I drove on the road at the foot of Talcott Mountain I spotted a Northern Shrike puffed up in the sun in a viney tree next to the road a few hundred yards from the intersection of 185 where the large Pinchot Sycamore stands. From Tom Murray: 12/20/13 - East Haven, Brazos Rd -- Barrow's Goldeneye continues. From Mark Danforth: 12/20/13 - Bloomfield -- Saw a Snowy Owl flying overhead at the intersection of Mountain Ave and Maple Ave, heading SE at 4:30 PM Friday. From Rick Gedney: 12/20/13 - Old Saybrook, South Cove -- Drake Eurasian Wigeon continues. Great looks scoping from Clinton Ave. as bird walked on ice. From Hank Golet: 12/20/13 - Lyme, Ely Ferry Road area -- ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, light morph. From Tina Green: 12/20/13 - Westport, Sherwood Island SP -- American Woodcock (almost stepped on it in the pine grove), Brown Thrasher (near the west side platform and the 1st one I have seen at the park in winter), American Pipit, 6 Fox Sparrow (group of 4 and 2, oddly enough, none of them at the feeders). From Frank Mantlik: 12/20/13 - Stratford, Long Beach Blvd, Stewart McKinney NWR -- SNOWY OWL (on Long Beach West dune, visible with scope), 2 COMMON RAVENS (flew over headed towards airport), ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER foraging on low weeds and grasses near "Warehouse" Pond. From Cynthia Ehlinger: 12/20/13 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point Park -- 1 male Northern Pintail. From Patrick Dugan: 12/19/13 - Stamford Shippan Point -- LIS BirdCount; 8 Razorbills flying west ( 1,2,2,2,1). 12/20/13 - Stamford Shippan Point -- 1Razorbill on the water. So far this December I've had 41 Razorbills. I'll be at the point Saturday from 7:30-9:30 AM. From Frank Mantlik: 12/19/13 - Stratford, Long Beach -- 2 SNOWY OWLS in salt marsh. Sikorsky Airport -- dark ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. Stratford Point -- 1 White-winged Scoter. Short Beach -- male EURASIAN WIGEON. Stratford Greenway -- dark ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (probably same). Birdseye boat ramp -- LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. Stratford Marina -- 3 Great Cormorant. Raven Pond Park -- 2 female NORTHERN PINTAIL (among 550 Mallards). From Ernie Harris: 12/19/13 - Bolton Backyard -- 2:30 PM; BLACK VULTURE.