The birds must have read my post. A single common redpoll showed up at my feeder (near OSU) after the rain cleared out and has been feeding off and on for an hour. A yard bird first.
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On Jan 10, 2013, at 6:37 PM, Leslie Sours <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> After reading all the recent posts about Common Redpolls everywhere BUT my back yard, it was nice to finally meet up with a few.
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> I had to drop by GIAC today and was greeted by an American Kestrel just off of the parking lot.
> I left at 3:00 and went into Greenlawn Cemetery to find a few birds before the rain arrives. In general, it was quiet everywhere but the pit, where the feeders were swarming with birds.
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> It was a great opportunity to work on ID skills with downy and hairy woodpeckers side by side; red-breasted and white-breasted nuthatches side by side; redpolls, pine siskins, and American goldfinches all on a thistle feeder together.....also able to watch the redpolls on the thistle feeder, the sunflower seed feeder, in the trees, and foraging on the ground. They remained for the full hour I was there. There were many woodpeckers, and multiples of everything except the mockingbird and crow. With five feeders, the ground, and the trees to scan, there was action everywhere I looked. Delightful way to break up the cloudy afternoon.
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> Birds seen at feeders: (16)
> Pine Siskins, small flock
> Common Redpolls, 6
> House Finch
> American Goldfinch
> White-throated Sparrow
> Dark-eyed Junco
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> Hairy Woodpecker
> Downy Woodpecker
> Northern Mockingbird
> Carolina Chickadee
> White-breasted Nuthatch
> Red-breasted Nuthatch
> Northern Cardinal
> American Crow (flew over)
> Canada Goose (flew over)
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