Date: 3/12/13 4:48 am
From: Thomas Harten <tjharten1...>
Subject: Re: [MDBirding] NO Redpolls at KLP today


Air Canada?

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Paul Pisano <cheep.paul...> wrote:

> I forgot to mention that I saw a couple of Common Redpolls riding on the
> backs of 3 Canada Geese this past weekend. It was tough to pick them out
> of the thousands of geese flying north, but their little pink aviator
> scarfs stood out.
>
> My proof, as quoted from a USGS website (
> http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/migratio/ideas.htm), "Some
> people who easily accepted the migratory travels of larger birds were
> unable to understand how smaller species, some of them notoriously poor
> flyers, could make similar journeys. They accordingly conceived the idea
> that larger species (e.g., storks and cranes) carried their smaller
> companions as living freight."
>
> And it's not even April 1st yet.
>
> Good birding,
> Paul Pisano
> Arlington, VA
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Thomas Harten <tjharten1...>wrote:
>
>> Despite frequent checks this morning and afternoon, we have not observed
>> any of the common redpolls at the CHESPAX feeders within King's Landing
>> Park in Huntingtown. Perhaps the warm weather yesterday triggered that
>> instinct to return north. If they do return, I'll post it here.
>>
>> Glad that many folks got to see these birds this winter!
>>
>>
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