[CT Daily] 01/28/2008 WESTERN TANAGER

[Roy Harvey]

 From Bev Propen:
1/28 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- WESTERN TANAGER (11:25 to
11:35AM) in bittersweet in the cedars; also 1 LAPLAND LONGSPUR in
flock of 24 HORNED LARKS.

 From Ray Belding with Jerry Marcellino:
1/28 - Canaan, 45 Allyndale Rd. -- one adult male RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER seen in maples in front.

 From Greg Hanisek:
1/28 - Stratford, McKinney NWR -- c. 20 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES.

 From Greg Hanisek, Neil Currie, Bill Banks, Randy Domina:
1/28 - Lyme, Elys Ferry Road -- 2 WILSON'S SNIPE at edge of marsh near
end of road.
Old Lyme, Binney Road -- NORTHERN SHRIKE seen very briefly in tree
tops.
Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- tried hard for Orange-crowned
Warbler without success; Western Tanager was seen by a number of
others on and off during the morning and early afternoon

 From Patrick Comins:
1/28 - Southbury, Southbury Training School -- 1 SHRIKE, ASSUMED TO BE
NORTHERN, since that is what has been seen in the area.

 From Bill Asteriades:
1/28 - South Windsor, Ferry Lane -- VESPER SPARROW.  The bird was
feeding with 3 savannah sparrows and several tree sparrows on the
south side of the road, a couple of hundred yards from the base of the
hill.  The sparrows feed on corn and seed on the sides and near the
road close to a row of bushes, trees etc..., which runs between two
fields on the north side of the road. 

 From Tim Hunt:
1/28 - Danbury yard -- 2 Common Redpolls at thistle feeder in the
morning.

 From Christopher Lovell:
1/28 - Trumbull yard -- at least 25 COMMON REDPOLLS at 3 nyjer
feeders.

 From Carol Parent & Cheryl Hebert:
1/26 - Winchester, Rugg Brook Rd., .25 Mile from Rt. 263 -- 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; 7 Pine Grosbeaks feeding in crabapple trees.

 From Dave Rosgen:
1/27 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 1
Common Raven, 1 Common Redpoll