12/11 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center, 9:40am-11:15am, high tide receding, sunny, 38F , slight breeze. What a beautiful morning to be at the Coastal center and a walk along the shoreline! Just a light breeze, the marsh and LIS were like glass. On the marsh- several Ring billed and Herring gulls and 1 drake Bufflehead. On the grounds and paths: 38 pigeons, 5 cardinals (3 male, 2 female), 30 Mourning doves tucked in at the top of tree in the sun, 5 White throated sparrows, 4 Song sparrows, 8 House sparrows, 6 Chickadees, 2 Tufted titmice, 2 Mockingbirds, 2 American Goldfinch, 6 House Finches, 1 juvenile Red tailed hawk cruising around. On the Long island sound side and shoreline: conservative estimate of 300 Sanderlings and 300 Dunlin actively feeding along the shoreline,5 Great black backed gulls, numerous Herring and Ring billed gulls, 11 horned larks, 17 American black ducks, 15 Brant, and 3 Loons ( 1 Red throated loon and 2 Common). Bev Propen, Orange