>From Frank Mantlik, with Sunrise Birding group 10/30  Stratford, various sites including Greenway, Short Beach, and Stratford Point - 48 bird species, with highlights: point-blank looks at an immature Peregrine while Common Loons were giving their eerie Halloween calls, a nice mixed flock of shorebirds at "Avco" Cove, eleven species of waterfowl including a huge flock of 550 Brant along Short Beach, and a late American Oystercatcher and Laughing Gull.  The full eBird list is here:http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15528527 Frank Mantlik Stratford, CT www.sunrisebirding.com/walks.htm

Saw Mr. Mantlik's post on Brant, I want to add that between Norwalk Harbor and Calf Pasture Beach there are at least 800, perhaps 1000 Brant in the area. ----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Mantlik Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:47 pm Subject: [CT Birds] Sunrise Walk - Stratford - 10/30 To: Birds CT > From Frank Mantlik, with Sunrise Birding group > 10/30  Stratford, various sites including Greenway, Short Beach, > and Stratford Point - 48 bird species, with highlights: point- > blank looks at an immature Peregrine while Common Loons were > giving their eerie Halloween calls, a nice mixed flock of > shorebirds at "Avco" Cove, eleven species of waterfowl including > a huge flock of 550 Brant along Short Beach, and a late American > Oystercatcher and Laughing Gull.  > > The full eBird list is > here:http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15528527 > Frank Mantlik > Stratford, CT > www.sunrisebirding.com/walks.htm > _______________________________________________ > 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