Hello, CT birders, I birded the Salt Meadow Unit of McKinney NWR from 7:44 until 10:00 this morning. Very birdy; list is as follows: -Great Blue Heron (1) -Great Egret -Snowy Egret -Little Blue Heron (1 adult, 3-4 immatures) -Mallard -Osprey (1, flyover near parking lot) -raptor sp. -Greater Yellowlegs (3-4) -Herring Gull (West Beach on walk back) -Red-bellied Woodpecker (1 seen, many heard) -Downy Woodpecker -Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted, 3-4) -Eastern Phoebe -Blue Jay -American Crow -Common Raven (2, flying over estuary) -Black-capped Chickadee (X) -Tufted Titmouse -White-breasted Nuthatch (1) -Red-breasted Nuthatch (several, heard only) -Brown Creeper (1) -Carolina Wren (1, heard only) -wren sp. -Swainson's Thrush (1) -brown thrush sp. -American Robin (2, surprisingly low count) -Golden-crowned Kinglet -Ruby-crowned Kinglet -Gray Catbird -Blue-headed Vireo (3-4) -Red-eyed Vireo (1) -Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) -Palm Warbler -Northern Parula (1) -Black-and-White Warbler (1) -Common Yellowthroat -Scarlet Tanager (1) -Northern Cardinal -Eastern Towhee (heard only) -White-throated Sparrow -Swamp Sparrow (1) -Chipping Sparrow (1) -sparrow sp. -Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) -House Finch (2) -Purple Finch (2-3) -American Goldfinch (heard only) -House Sparrow (1, walk back) Good birding, Andy Scholten Sudbury, MA/Westbrook, CT