From Russ Smiley: 12/19/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- Rough-legged Hawks continue at Willard's Island Thursday AM. From John Oshlick: 12/19/13 - Stratford, Long Beach Blvd, Behind warehouse -- 1 Rough-legged Hawk. 1 Snowy Owl (Visible from Oak Bluff Ln). From Timothy L Thompson: 12/19/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- Rough-legged Hawk seen from Cedar Island viewing platform looking north. Hawk fluttering over marsh grass as you look towards white buildings (far left) w/ dirt piles to the right, on opposite side of river. 12/18/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 4:45 PM; Snowy Owl flying right at me and twenty feet over my head! Snowy banked and landed on gable end of eastern most building, in front of Nature Center. Still there when Ranger kicked me out! From Charlie Barnard Jr: 12/19/13 - Bridgeport, Seaside Park -- 2 Northern Gannet near shore, just to the west of the mouth of Bridgeport Harbor. Stratford, Sikorsky Airport -- A Lapland Longspur (among 24 Horned Lark). Out in the marsh -- previously mentioned Snowy Owl and the Rough-legged Hawk, shortly after 11 AM. The Rough-legged was hunting very close to the causeway which goes out through the marshes. It crossed the causeway several times, only 15' in the air. From Frank Mantlik: 12/19/13 - Stratford, Long Beach -- 2:05 PM; 2 SNOWY OWLS now in salt marsh, as viewed from Oak Bluff. Two kiteboarders in main marsh channel just flushed one some distance. From Sophie Zyla: 12/19/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 2:20 PM; Snowy Owl along the river, visible at a distance from Cedar Island. From Sean Murtha: 12/19/13 - Greenwich, Byram Beach Park -- about 1:30 PM; one REDHEAD, many LESSER SCAUP, along with other ducks. From Aaron DollarL 12/19/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- Snowy Owl north of Cedar island platform, in grasses alomg river. From Fran and Tom Holloway: 12/19/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 2:00 PM; 1 female (possibly juvenile) SNOWY OWL, north from the Cedar Island observation platform on a long log (sometimes harassed by a Harrier). Also on the main parking area near the Nature Center, 1 SNOW BUNTING and 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR (mixed in with a flock of Horned Larks). From Maria Stockmal: 12/19/13 - Branford, Branford Supply Ponds -- 2:45 PM; Orange-crowned Warbler along the power lines. From Steve & Charla Spector: 12/19/13 - Milford, Silver Sands SP -- juv White-crowned Sparrow, 1 Snow Bunting along entrance road edges. From Mike Warner: 12/19/13 - Milford, Merwins Point -- Harlequin Duck female seen well with Phil Asprelli when the duck came swimming into the cove from the west, then landed on the beach in front of the Mallards where she began preening herself. Also 12 Purple Sandpipers. Stratford, Short Beach -- 1:25 to 4:00; 80 Snow Bunting, 4 Lapland Longspur. Light morph Rough-legged Hawk seen well with Don Morgan. Eurasian Wigeon just off the beach. Oak Bluff Ave -- Drake Pintail in a pool on airport property, 2 Snowy Owls in the marsh when looking north. (Thanks Frank!) I turned left onto the causeway across the marsh and there was a hovering dark morph Rough-legged Hawk on the right, before the airport entrance. From Don Morgan: 12/19/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 2 Rough-legged Hawks, 1 light morph, 1 dark north of Willard's Island. 5 (or more) Lapland Longspurs. Stratford -- 1 Dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk off the causeway south of the airport. 1 Light-morph Rough-legged Hawk at the dump by Short Beach. From Donna Caporaso: 12/19/13 - Stratford, Birdseye Boat Ramp -- 2:30; Long-billed Dowitcher feeding at the water's edge and preening. From Ray Belding with Deb Bishop: 12/19/13 - West Hartford, Reservoir 6 -- 2 Snow Geese (in with hundreds of Canadas). From Chris Woerner: 12/19/13 - Branford, Lake Saltonstall -- Wilson's Snipe foraging at water's edge, SE shore. From Annette Nejaime Pasek: 12/17/13 - Glastonbury, Meadows entrance, Path to right, .3 miles -- Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker. From Kali Block: 12/17/13 - Fairfield yard -- 1 juvenile YELLOW BELLIED SAPSUCKER.