[CT Birds] Little & B-H Gull Milford

[greg hanisek]

>From Greg Hanisek, Bill Banks, Randy Domina
   
  3/17 - Milford, Pond Point c 2:30 p.m. low tide 1 adult basic LITTLE GULL, 1 adult BLACK-HEADED GULL with almost a full hood in flock of 800 to 1,000 Bonaparte's Gulls. None of the Bonies approached the head color of the Black-headed, so it's easy to find (OK, relatively). We accessed the site from Platt St. Gulls were all on beach to west, but later flew out onto water. Thanks Stacy for info on this site. There was one Bonie at Oyster River and c 30 at Burwell Beach (Villa Rosa).
   
  Branford, Linden Shores 2 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS on an offshore rock
   
  Guilford, marsh at Rt 146 and Sachen Head Road - 1 GREAT EGRET; Mulberry Point c 15 PURPLE SANDPIPERS