On the tip reported here about the Redpolls at Holden, some co-workers and I tooka lunch break over to Holden to see if we can see the Hoary. We went back to the woodland feeding station, "Buckeye Bud", and patiently waited while about 20 or so Common Redpolls arrived and fed with some Pine Siskins, and other typical winter birds. Eventually work dutied called and we admitted defeat. While walking out we saw a number of birds at the feeding station to the left of the building that is left of the visitor center. We were quickly rewarded with looks of a flock of about 100 redpolls, of which we were able to locate at least one Hoary before the flock took off for the forest. This flock was different than the one we were watching in the woods, so there are well over 100 Redpolls at Holden Arboretum. Andy ______________________________________________________________________ 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]