I stopped by Mentor Lagoons today around 4pm in search of the Common Redpolls that have been reported. I walked up the main trail all the way up to the lake around the alders. I waited a little while to see something, but it seemed devoid of birds. Finally a Cooper's Hawk flew up and landed on a tree for a little while. The raptor then flew off and after about 2 minutes, a flock of about 45 COMMON REDPOLLS flew up to a tree, but only stuck around for about 5 minutes. I first identified them by their sharp trilling noise they make. Good Birding, Cole F. DiFabio Kirtland Ohio Lake County ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]