After reading all the recent posts about Common Redpolls everywhere BUT my back yard, it was nice to finally meet up with a few. 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. 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. 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) Sent from my iPad ______________________________________________________________________ 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]