[CT Birds] Black-headed Gull

[Frank Mantlik]

>From Frank Mantlik
3/8, 5:20pm, Westport, foot of Sasco Creek Rd., mouth
of Sasco Creek - 1 adult BLACK-HEADED GULL in with 13
Bonaparte's Gulls.  

Westport, Compo Beach - 3/8 & 3/7 - 500-1000 gulls
(vast majority Ring-billed) feeding on plankton just
off the beach; joined by numbers of Brant, black
ducks, bufflehead, etc.

Also, the pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS have again taken
up residence in the Saugatuck part of town.  They can
often be seen on the RR towers or on the I-95 bridge abutments.