>From Frank Mantlik 3/24 Stratford, "Warehouse" Pond of McKinney NWR at 600 Long Beach Blvd.: 1 Blue-winged Teal (male), 56 Green-winged Teal (courting displays), 20 Gadwall, 12 Am. Wigeon, 2 Hooded Mergansers, pair of nest-building Mute Swans. Oak Bluff Ave., near entrance to Long Beach: pair of Common Ravens. Lordship Seawall and Russian Beach, 5 pm - 8000+ gulls (estimated 50% Herring, 50% Ring-billed, plus one full adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL; no Bonaparte's seen) plankton feeding &/or resting on water. Also many flocks of Brant, Greater Scaup, Black Ducks, and lesser numbers of Am. Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, and Red-breasted Mergansers also out there feeding. Stratford Point, 5:30pm: 1st-cycle ICELAND GULL flew north along bluff, 50+ American Wigeon, good numbers of Common and Red-throated Loons, Long-tailed Ducks. I saw no Gannets.