Well, it turns out it was a female scarlet tanager after all. Julie Waters was right. I submitted
the photos to the birdforum.net Q&A forum and got the several responses, if anybody is
interested in reading them: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=97060
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From: Self <[log in to unmask]>
To: Vermont Birds <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Western Tanager
Date sent: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:38:31 -0400
I think I saw a female western tanager at Herricks Cove this morning:
