On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 7:48:40 AM UTC-4, Thomas Harten wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Paul Pisano <cheep......> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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."
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> And it's not even April 1st yet.
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> Good birding,
> Paul Pisano
> Arlington, VA
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> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Thomas Harten <tjha......> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Glad that many folks got to see these birds this winter!
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