11/27 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center, 10am-1Pm. high tide-receding, 46F, partly cloudy. Another beautiful morning at the coastal center. Several visitors and photographers. One early visitor said they saw a Merlin fly through the gardens & scatter all the birds. On the marsh: ( viewed with bins & scopes) 5 American black ducks, 4 mallards, 4 Buffleheads further out, 1 Northern Harrier coasting over, 1 Mute swan, 2 Gadwalls as the tide was receding. On the grounds & feeders: 1 white breasted nuthatch, 19 House sparrows at feeders & brush pile, 10 House finches, 6 Mourning doves, 2 Tufted titmice, 2 Chickadees, 2 Northern Cardinals and 1 Cooper's Hawk on the brush pile actively pursuing some prey . The Cooper's hawk was hopping on the pile and clawing at it. I took a brief walk with some visitors along Long Island Sound hoping for some Snow buntings or Horned larks, but didn't see any. There were some Brant, Canada Geese, 4 Red breasted mergansers and a Loon on the sound. Bev Propen, Orange