NOTE: On CTBirds Greg Hanisek posted some valuable suggestions about identification of Eared Grebe. Check it out: http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20140324/047386.html From John Marshall: 03/29/14 - Stratford, Long Beach -- an Eared Grebe was swimming and feeding with Goldeneye of the end of the first jetty south of the parking lot until hunters in the marsh fired 3 quick shots which spooked all the birds which flew farther off shore. I was unable to relocate the grebe. There is also a Snowy Owl in the marsh. From Bill Asteriades: 03/29/14 - Hartford, Riverside Park -- drake RED-BREASTED MERGANSER, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES continue. Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- NORTHERN PINTAIL. From Tina Green with Sara Zagorski: 03/29/14 - Norfolk, North Colebrook Rd -- Red-breasted Nuthatches, handsome male Purple Finch. From Frank Mantlik, with 35 participants on New Haven Bird Club Trip "Gull and Gannet Frenzy": 03/29/14 - Stratford, Lordship Seawall and Long Beach Park -- 48 species, including highlights: EURASIAN WIGEON, Lesser Scaup, 2+ NORTHERN GANNETS, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, ICELAND GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and two SNOWY OWLS. There was also an earlier-reported EARED GREBE seen by some in the group. From Frank & Linda Mantlik: 03/29/14 - Stratford, Elm St -- 9:15 AM; 2 adult YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS in large Sycamore tree near old Shakespeare Theater. Birdseye St Boatramp - RED-NECKED GREBE. From Sulmaan Khan via Dana Campbell: 03/29/14 - just north of New London -- White Pelican seen from train, on the coastal side.