Extralimital Note: A gull in MA is being described with the words "appears to be a strong candidate for Yellow-legged Gull", which is a European species that previously alternated between being a subspecies of either Caspian or Herring Gull (or so I have read.) I can't imagine any of CT's gull enthusiasts not having already heard about it anyway, but of course the place to read more about it is massbird. Another Note: For something even more uncertain but closer to home, see Frank Gallo's report (below) about a bird seen on Tuesday as Silver Sands. Yet Another Note: Anyone who likes the idea of finding birds in CT that don't usually get here could appreciate a CTBirds message today from Dave Provencher titled "Early Birds?" (Migration is a lot more active than you would think from reading these daily compilations, as anyone reading CTBirds would know.) From Frank Gallo: 04/12/11 - Milford, Milford Point -- at least 2 male Northern Shovelers. Milford, Silver Sands State Park -- a Great Egret with a bill that was so dark it looked black. Anyone birding the area is encouraged to keep their eyes open, and photographs would be nice! 04/13/11 - Milford, Milford Point -- 5 Northern Shovelers and a pair of Blue-winged Teal continue. The Shovelers were seen in the morning, the Blue-winged teal were there at 5 p.m. on a rising tide. From Paul Cianfaglione: 04/13/11 - Hartford, Hartford North Meadows (private property) -- 1 VESPER SPARROW. From Tina Green: 04/13/11 - Westport, Sherwood Island SP -- (8-9:30am), 12 BONAPARTE'S GULLS on the model airplane field, 3 BROWN CREEPERS, 1 BROWN THRASHER, 2 FOX SPARROWS. From Scott Kruitbosch: 04/13/11 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON at Meig's Point. Stratford Point -- At least 9 NORTHERN GANNET. From Bob MacDonnell: 04/13/11 - Niantic -- Yellow-crowned Night Heron pulling worms alongside the Robins in my next-door neighbor's front yard. From Bev Propen: 04/12/11 - Milford, Milford Point -- 5 Northern Shovelers (3 male, 2 female) with lots of head bobbing activity. ********************************************************************** This CTDailyReport list is sponsored by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA). It is primarily meant to meet the informational needs of the active CT birder. Any other use requires written authorization from the board of directors of the COA. ********************************************************************** Visit the COA web site at http://www.ctbirding.org Reports should be sent to CTBirdReport@ftml.net. Reports should include sender's name, date, location of sightings and species of note at each location. Reporting Guidelines are available at: http://www.ctbirding.org/ecommittee.htm#reporting To change your subscription options, or unsubscribe, please visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctdailyreport_lists.ctbirding.org Archives of these reports may be found at either of these locations: http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CTDY.html http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctdailyreport_lists.ctbirding.org/