>From Chris Elphick and Frank Gallo 1/7, Lot W, UConn, Storrs: The imm northern shrike continues and was seen by several people during the morning. It has been in the trees by the pond at the NW corner of the lot. At one point we hear it sing a little. Also, just to let people know the pine grosbeaks have not been seen on campus for a while. There's still a lot of fruit around, but many trees have been stripped so its worth seeking out those that still have berries. Chris Elphick Storrs, CT elphick@sbcglobal.net

Stopped down at Hammo this morning to try and get more crossbill photos. There were a few birds in the pines (more big lenses than birds!) at West Beach, as well as Red-breasted Nuthatches. Mid-morning, I found a 2nd winter Lesser Black-backed Gull loafing with the gulls in the West Beach parking area. Mark Mark S.Szantyr 80 Bicknell Road Apt. 9 Ashford, CT 06278 USA Birddog55@Charter.net 860-487-9766 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Elphick" <elphick@sbcglobal.net> To: <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 7:18 AM Subject: [CT Birds] UConn shrike > >From Chris Elphick and Frank Gallo > 1/7, Lot W, UConn, Storrs: The imm northern shrike continues and was seen > by several people during the morning. It has been in the trees by the > pond at the NW corner of the lot. At one point we hear it sing a little. > > Also, just to let people know the pine grosbeaks have not been seen on > campus for a while. There's still a lot of fruit around, but many trees > have been stripped so its worth seeking out those that still have berries. > > > Chris Elphick > Storrs, CT > elphick@sbcglobal.net > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org >