12/26  Stratford - In Area Z of today's Stratford-Milford CBC, we tentatively tallied 74 species, with the following highlights: Stratford Point - SNOWY OWL (breakwater), NORTHERN GANNET, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, Fox Sparrow Lordship Seawall -  ICELAND GULL (continuing 2nd-cycle, atop Riley's roof) Russian Beach - COMMON EIDER (imm male), 6 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, Bald Eagle, 2 Common Raven, 3 Snow Buntings Short Beach - 9 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, PALM WARBLER (western race), 7 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, Field Sparrow Frash Pond - 3 CANVASBACK, Green-winged Teal, all 3 Merganser species Stratford Greenway/Birdseye - AM. COOT, CLAPPER RAIL Dock Shopping Center marina - adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, pair PEREGRINE FALCONS Elsewhere in Stratford, outside of our area Z:  YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Access Rd. private property), Great Horned Owl, E. Screech Owl Frank Mantlik (Stratford), with Stefan Martin, Corrie Folsom-O'Keefe and others