6/18 Stratford Point - I just received a text (with photos) from Steve Spector who photographed a FRANKLIN’s Gull today at Stratford Point. I’d guess it’s the 1st-summer plumaged bird found 6/6 by J. Hough at nearby Short Beach/Housatonic River mouth. He also reported 70 Laughing Gulls. The entrance gate at Strat Pt is on an auto timer. I’m not sure when exactly it closes: 4:00pm? 5:00pm? Frank Mantlik Stratford Sent from my iPhone

The gate at Stratford Point usually closes at 5PM. But you can get out by driving up close to it, if you’re inside when it closes. Adam Fasciolo Norwalk > On Jun 18, 2024, at 2:49 PM, Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > 6/18 Stratford Point - > > I just received a text (with photos) from Steve Spector who photographed a FRANKLIN’s Gull today at Stratford Point. I’d guess it’s the 1st-summer plumaged bird found 6/6 by J. Hough at nearby Short Beach/Housatonic River mouth. He also reported 70 Laughing Gulls. > > The entrance gate at Strat Pt is on an auto timer. I’m not sure when exactly it closes: 4:00pm? 5:00pm? > > Frank Mantlik > Stratford > > Sent from my iPhone > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rules and subscription information visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/

The property closes at 5p and ask that all vehicles are out by then. Stefan Martin Conservation Manager, CT Audubon Society On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 3:14 PM Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > The gate at Stratford Point usually closes at 5PM. But you can get out by > driving up close to it, if you’re inside when it closes. > > Adam Fasciolo > Norwalk > > > On Jun 18, 2024, at 2:49 PM, Frank Mantlik via CTBirds < > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > > 6/18 Stratford Point - > > > > I just received a text (with photos) from Steve Spector who > photographed a FRANKLIN’s Gull today at Stratford Point. I’d guess it’s the > 1st-summer plumaged bird found 6/6 by J. Hough at nearby Short > Beach/Housatonic River mouth. He also reported 70 Laughing Gulls. > > > > The entrance gate at Strat Pt is on an auto timer. I’m not sure when > exactly it closes: 4:00pm? 5:00pm? > > > > Frank Mantlik > > Stratford > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or > "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org > > > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > > > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or > "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/