Hi all, Today Phil Rusch, Jason Rieger and I explored Long Island Sound by boat from New Haven eastward. We followed the coastline as far as Rocky Neck State Park, then cut southeast to mid-sound near the CT/NY line (not far east of the New London-Orient Point ferry lanes), and then briefly poked into NY waters to The Race, Little Gull & Great Gull Islands, and Plum Island. At this date, local tern dispersal and migration is really just beginning. We noted the greatest numbers of terns scattered from New Haven to Falkner Island, but there was not much tern activity east of there. We noted a handful of Roseates off Branford, including one juvenile. There was another handful of Roseates around Falkner Island. And many around Great Gull Island in NY. In general, tern numbers and diversity were modest, and probably about right for the date in Long Island Sound. They tend to peak in August. An immature GREAT CORMORANT was notable at Branford Reef. The highlight was the presence of at least a small number of WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS in the far eastern Sound, between the ferry lanes and The Race. We had at least two each in CT and NY waters. Odds are chumming would have revealed more. An Orient Point ferry trip might connect, though the birds we had were all technically east of that ferry route. Nick Bonomo Wallingford, CT www.shorebirder.com