[CT Birds] Little Gull

[Dennis Varza]

Hi folks

After doing my Southport Survey I went back at low tide. It was quite  
a challenge with walkers and dogs.

There were 120 Bonaparte's Gulls, 3 of them were immatures. The  
Little Gull was an adult. Besides its small size and white wing tips,  
it had a distinctive head pattern. The Bonaparte's had white heads  
with a black spots on the sides. This bird had a sooty back of the  
head and sort of a smudgy eyeline.

Below are tides for Bridgeport Harbor, Southport should be no more  
than 10 min later.

03/15/2008 Sat    01:00PM LDT 0.4  L  07:04PM LDT 6.0  H
03/16/2008 Sun   02:07PM LDT 0.4  L  08:11PM LDT 6.2  H
03/17/2008 Mon  03:07PM LDT 0.2  L  09:11PM LDT 6.5  H
03/18/2008 Tue   04:00PM LDT 0.0  L  10:04PM LDT 6.9  H

Dennis Varza
Fairfield