This morning's Sunrise Birding walk yielded good views of several species including Red Knot, Saltmarsh Sparrow, and comparative looks at Eastern and Western Willets. eBird report below. For Roy's Daily Report: >From Gina Nichol, Steve Bird and Sunrise Birding group: 8/26/14 - Milford, Coastal Center at Milford Point - YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, RED KNOT, SALTMARSH SPARROW Coastal Center at Milford Point, New Haven, US-CT Aug 26, 2014 11:00 AM - 1:37 PM Protocol: Traveling 0.5 mile(s) Comments: Sunrise Birding Walk with Gina Nichol and Steve Bird leading 41 species (+1 other taxa) Brant 1 Mute Swan 4 Mallard 1 White-winged Scoter 1 Continuing bird. Adult. Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 50 Great Egret 7 Snowy Egret 5 Little Blue Heron 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 3 Osprey 4 American Oystercatcher 20 Many on the outer jetty Black-bellied Plover 85 Semipalmated Plover 20 Killdeer 1 Spotted Sandpiper 4 Willet (Eastern) 5 Willet (Western) 1 Ruddy Turnstone 10 Red Knot 1 Sanderling 40 Least Sandpiper 6 Semipalmated Sandpiper 200 Laughing Gull 8 Ring-billed Gull 20 Herring Gull 40 Great Black-backed Gull 8 Common Tern 60 feeding just in from the mouth of the river Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3 Mourning Dove 20 Peregrine Falcon 1 Reported just prior to the start of the walk Barn Swallow 2 Carolina Wren 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 12 Cedar Waxwing 1 heard flying by behind us Saltmarsh Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 15 House Finch 3 House Sparrow 1 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19579459 Gina Beebe Nichol Sunrise Birding LLC Worldwide Bird Watching Tours & Wildlife Safaris PO Box 274, Cos Cob, CT 06807 gina@sunrisebirding.com www.sunrisebirding.com USA 203.453.6724