Here on the border in Gary SD, we have had anywhere from 50 to 100+ daily now since the last week in January. I'm going through 40 pounds of seed in 3 weeks- bankrupted by Redpolls! They are still in the area as of this morning- I see flocks of the same size in WMAs feeding on weed and forb seeds and getting grit from the roadsides; they seem to be especially prevalent in western Yellow Medicine County. Oddly, the staff at Lac qui Parle State Park visitor center told me that they haven't seen more than a few at one time all winter long.
On 3/20/18, Michael Koutnik <[email protected]> wrote: > I have never seen anything like this at any home I’ve lived in. This morning > I was approaching my bedroom and heard several taps on the window. There is > a thistle and a sunflower seed feeder close to the window, along with a bird > bath. I saw nearly a dozen redpolls. And at least another 2 dozen on the > ground below the thistle feeder. Amazing! Except for when I visit the Sax > Zim, this is by far the most redpolls I’ve seen at once. > > And now just as quickly as they came, they are gone. All that remains at my > suburban Eagan feeders is the more typical single goldfinch and single > white-breasted nuthatch. Oh—and a chickadee. :) > > Mike Koutnik > > Sent from my iPhone > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- Jason M. Frank Founder and Vice President, Luddite Ornithologists League (LOL) https://turnstonecreations.smugmug.com/ "The Universe does not have laws. It has habits. And habits can be broken." -Dr. Wiggs Dannyboy Sent from my invisible blue Homing Pigeon ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
