The small flock of Common Redpolls is still hanging around Amherst and Princeton in St. Paul, mostly south and west of that intersection. I have seen and heard them in the early afternoon on 3/2, 3/11, and 3/13, and at 9:30 and 12:00 today. Most of the activity is in tall trees (deciduous and conifer) south of Princeton on Amherst, near where an alley runs west from Amherst. They make lots of high-pitched chitter-chatter and occasional dry trills on a steady pitch, less buzzy than Siskin trills. Today they also made some display flights.
On 3/13, I heard a Carolina Wren sing briefly from about 50 yards in along the aforementioned alley. Today, at 9:30, I heard a Carolina Wren sing from north of Princeton, west of Amherst. I have seen and (mostly) heard Carolina Wrens in this area on several occasions since last spring. Julian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080316/b28fdd67/attachment.html
