My morning rounds today included the usual mallard, green-wing teal, american wigeon, canada geese, and killdeer at the Farm Pond on Ninth District and Hutton Rd but also added barn and tree swallows, double crested cormorant, and 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER. I then picked up another 20 species during a nice paddle on the Scantic River at the Mill Pond with the highlights being a mature Bald Eagle souring over the Pond (a first for me in Somers) and rough winged swallows, palm warbler, double crested cormorant (perhaps the same one from the Farm Pond) a blue bird and lots of painted turtles enjoying the warm day. At home I picked up my first Chipping Sparrows of the season under the feeders. Jan