Sue and I ran into a huge flock of Redpolls Wednesday morning which we estimate at 500 plus birds. Binos only so no chance to find a Hoary among them. It was a wonderful site as they moved between the Cayuga Lake Basin and the Seneca Lake Basin while dining on Lamb's quarters (Chenopodium labium) seeds. We returned to the area an hour later to get more photos of this swiftly moving flock, the largest we have ever encountered. I made the error of attaching the photo here resulting in Lyris rejecting the post as too large. Photos are on our Facebook page and on the finch network group.
In addition we had several smaller flocks of Horned Larks and a very handsome Rough-legged Hawk in the area. Merry Christmas. The Schuyler CBC is Sat so we hope these birds hang tight. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
