[CT Daily] 01/21/2008 WESTERN TANAGER

[Roy Harvey]

 From Greg Hanisek, Neil Currie, Randy Domina
1/21 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- WESTERN TANAGER along with 3
Pine Warblers, a Fox Sparrow, a Red-breasted Nuthatch, a Brown
Creeper, several Yellow-rumped Warblers and lots of robins,
white-throats and juncos. American Bittern at Meigs Point blind.  
We found the Western Tanager between 1:30 and 2 p.m. along the eastern
edge of the campground, adjacent to the park entrance road. We'd
stopped along the road to look for the Pine Warbler that has been seen
about half way between the toll booths and the main rotary. Most of
the bird activity was on the campground side of the trees lining the
west side of the entrance road, because that was the sunny side.
(More details can be found in Greg's full message on CTBirds.)

 From Christopher Lovell:
1/21 - Trumbull -- Season High (so far) of 10 Common Redpolls.  1 or 2
new birds showing up daily.

 From Mark Aronson:
1/21 - Stratford, Long Beach -- 1st year juvenile Iceland Gull

 From Bill Asteriades:
1/21 - New Haven, East Shore Park -- 1 SNOW GOOSE (Blue Morph).

 From Jay Kaplan, Paul Desjardins and Bill Asteriades:
1/21 - Old Lyme, Lieutenant River Ln -- YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (12:30
PM)

 From Bob Askins:
1/21 - Waterford -- a second-winter Iceland Gull was in a large flock
of gulls on Smith Cove in Quaker Hill (Waterford), between Route 32
and the Thames River off Richard's Grove Road.  Gulls typically
congregate at this location before 10:00 in the morning.

 From Jim Bair:
1/21 - Ansonia, Ansonia Nature Center -- FOX SPARROW

 From Brandon and David Coutu
01/21 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park -- American Bittern
continues viewed from blind next top Meig's Point Nature Center; Red
Crossbills continue West Pavillion; Lapland Longspur continues admist
Horned Lark flock next to nature center.

 From Bob Jones
1/21 - North Stonington -- 2 Ravens flying over Lantern Hill