[CT Birds] Eastern CT Shore

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>From Bob Jones, Pawcatuck
1/16 New London, Ocean Beach, 2 Horned Grebe, 1 Common Goldeneye, 2 
Bufflehead, 3 Hooded & 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 6 Brant, 1 Great-blue Heron, 1 
Mockingbird
Waterford, Oneil Theater, 1 Horned Grebe, 1 Common Loon, 2 Red-breasted 
Merganser
Harkness SP, 7 Bufflehead, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Cooper's Hawk, ! TV, 1 
Flicker
East Lyme, Dodge Pond, 25 Ruddy Duck, 8 Hooded Merganser, 4 American Coot
East Lyme, Gorton Pond, 2 Ruddy Duck
Old Lyme, DEP Headquarters, 1 Great-blue Heron across river near marina
1/17 with Phil Budlong & Chris Sidler
Stonington, Ender's Island, 7 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Common Eider, 3 Common 
Goldeneye, 2 Ruddy Duck
Old Lyme, Leutenant Road, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, no Chat
Old Saybrook, Baldwin Bridge Boat Launch, 2 Pied-billed Grebes continue at 
marina S of boat launch
Westbrook, Sagamore Terrace off Old Salt Works, 5 Monk Parakeets
Westbrook, flats off Seaside Avenue, many Dunlin, Sanderling & Ruddy 
Turnstone, 3 Black-bellied Plover
Madison, Hammonasset SP, W Lot, ~40 Horned Larks, 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 
Northern Harrier, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
Meig's Point, 11 Common Loon, 3 Red-thoated Loon, 8 Common Goldeneye, 6 Scaup 
sp, 8 Surf Scoter, 4 Horned Grebe, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 PURPLE 
SANDPIPERS
Old Lyme, Watch Rock, 2 Northern Harrier, 1 Belted Kingfisher   </HTML>