Long Island sound, waters in between Greenwich and Stamford. A tremendous amount of gulls are currently gathering in Long Island sound closer to the Stamford coast. A growing group easily totaling 5,000 birds with a steady stream of gulls adding to the group. Unfortunately everything is too far for identification of species. Stefan Martin Sent from my iPhone

I was witness to this a short while ago from Stamford Ave - an incredible sight! Two hours ago there were in excess of 1000 gulls in a relatively concentrated area, a mix of Ring-billed, Herring and Greater Black-backed; also a few Common Goldeneye, Scaup, American Wigeon, Red-breasted Mergansers and many Brant. I only had compact bins in my possession at the time. Surely there is something other than the 3 gulls mentioned. Brenda Inskeep Stamford > On Mar 9, 2014, at 5:51 PM, Stefan Martin <nafets519@gmail.com> wrote: > > Long Island sound, waters in between Greenwich and Stamford. A tremendous amount of gulls are currently gathering in Long Island sound closer to the Stamford coast. A growing group easily totaling 5,000 birds with a steady stream of gulls adding to the group. Unfortunately everything is too far for identification of species. > > Stefan Martin > > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

One prays this is not due to some sewage or other effluent spill. Any known reason for the concentration? Alex -----Original Message----- From: CTBirds [mailto:ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org] On Behalf Of B Inskeep Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 6:13 PM To: Stefan Martin Cc: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Greenwich/Stamford Gulls I was witness to this a short while ago from Stamford Ave - an incredible sight! Two hours ago there were in excess of 1000 gulls in a relatively concentrated area, a mix of Ring-billed, Herring and Greater Black-backed; also a few Common Goldeneye, Scaup, American Wigeon, Red-breasted Mergansers and many Brant. I only had compact bins in my possession at the time. Surely there is something other than the 3 gulls mentioned. Brenda Inskeep Stamford > On Mar 9, 2014, at 5:51 PM, Stefan Martin <nafets519@gmail.com> wrote: > > Long Island sound, waters in between Greenwich and Stamford. A tremendous amount of gulls are currently gathering in Long Island sound closer to the Stamford coast. A growing group easily totaling 5,000 birds with a steady stream of gulls adding to the group. Unfortunately everything is too far for identification of species. > > Stefan Martin > > > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

In my experience, this is due to the emergence of shellfish larvae (or maybe the eggs?), particularly Slipper Shells. I am pretty sure it is a natural occurrence, unrelated to any human mistake (for once!) Kathy Van Der Aue Southport, Connecticut Visit my Blog at http://naturaliststable.wordpress.com On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Alexander Brash <abrash@ctaudubon.org>wrote: > One prays this is not due to some sewage or other effluent spill. Any > known reason for the concentration? > > Alex > > -----Original Message----- > From: CTBirds [mailto:ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org] On Behalf Of B > Inskeep > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 6:13 PM > To: Stefan Martin > Cc: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Greenwich/Stamford Gulls > > I was witness to this a short while ago from Stamford Ave - an incredible > sight! Two hours ago there were in excess of 1000 gulls in a relatively > concentrated area, a mix of Ring-billed, Herring and Greater Black-backed; > also a few Common Goldeneye, Scaup, American Wigeon, Red-breasted > Mergansers and many Brant. I only had compact bins in my possession at the > time. Surely there is something other than the 3 gulls mentioned. > > Brenda Inskeep > Stamford > > > On Mar 9, 2014, at 5:51 PM, Stefan Martin <nafets519@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Long Island sound, waters in between Greenwich and Stamford. A > tremendous amount of gulls are currently gathering in Long Island sound > closer to the Stamford coast. A growing group easily totaling 5,000 birds > with a steady stream of gulls adding to the group. Unfortunately everything > is too far for identification of species. > > > > Stefan Martin > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association > (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > > For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org >