3/25 Stratford - McKinney Refuge "Warehouse" Pond (Long Beach Blvd.) - 3 GREAT EGRETS (in breeding attire) roosting on fallen tree at 06:15. - Long Beach, viewed from foot of 5th SAve. - 1 NORTHERN GANNET, estimated 15,000 gulls (Herring and Ring-billed, saw no Bonaparte's) offshore barnacle-larvae-feeding; pair AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS. - Stratford Point - 1 NORTHERN GANNET, 1 SHORT-EARED OWL, 7 White-winged Scoters, 8 Surf Scoters. - Short Beach Park lagoon - 1 GREAT EGRET, MERLIN. Frank Mantlik Stratford