Highlights: Stratford, Long Beach Park- 250 +/- BONAPARTES GULLS flying west along the beach heading towards Bridgeport. 5 GANNETS off shore. Met Tom Robben for a few hours of gulling this morning-low tide and moderate NW winds. Stopped by a few of my favorite areas, but not big numbers of Gulls anywhere. Guilford, Lost Lake/Shell Beach- we didn't see the Black-headed Gull in either location. West Haven boat ramp- not the usual numbers of gulls, maybe 100 present, nothing unusual. BRadley Rock/Point- the sandbars here were also empty of the ususal numbers of gulls, maybe 75 present (typical species). West Haven/Woodmont Circle at Oyster River-We also found the sandbars practically empty of gulls, maybe 100 present mostly Ring Billed and the balance Herring Gulls. No Bonapartes gulls or wing tagged gulls. Stratford, Long Beach Park-When we arrived at the parking area, the beaches from the eastern point to Pleasure Beach maybe held 300 Gulls (mostly Ring Billed). There was a flock of 150 Ring Billed Gulls sleeping on the exposed sandbar near the eastern jetty. There were a few Herring Gulls and 1 Greater Black Backed Gull with them, no Bonapartes Gulls present. Tom and I took a walk down the beach to the East to see if the adult Iceland Gull was still in the area. We walked all the way to the last small jetty where the bird has been hanging out; it wasn't there. While I was looking through a few Herring Gulls perched on the pilings, Tom saw a long flock of Bonapartes Gulls heading from Stratford Point and flying along the beach. The flocks passed us in broken bunches which continued off and on for nearly 45 minutes. In total we estimated around 250 +/- Bonapartes Gulls flew by. The birds seemed to be looking for more roosting Bonapartes Gulls as they flew along and over the beach dropping down and then up again to drop down again over the beach and then up again. They eventually flew along the beaches of Pleasure Beach and then to Bridgeport area of Seaside Park. While we were watching the Bonapartes Gulls Tom found a Gannet off shore, followed by another than another for 5 total. While we were standing by our vehicles at the parking lot, a flock of 150 Gulls (mostly Ring Billed) had settled in on the beach in front of us. In the group I heard the perfect and distinctive call of a Laughing Gull. It called again, and Tom heard part of the call as well. Searching through all the gulls in front of us didn't turn up any Laughing Gull. It appears that a Ring Billed Gull has mastered the call of a Laughing Gull. :-) Also out in front of the beach: 5 Red THroated Loons, usual spattering of Black Ducks, R B Mergansers, fly-by scaup and scoters, and Oldsquaw. One flock of Oldsquaw flew in from the east only to be joined by 3 Green Winged Teal which flew into the flock and landed with the oldsquaw in a group of Oldsquaw sitting on the water. Keith Mueller Killingworth