Re: [MDOsprey] The Redpolls are coming! The Redpolls are coming!
Michael O'Brien (obrienm@algorithms.com)
Tue, 26 Oct 1999 23:02:39 -0400
I've got one more redpoll report for the northeast. There was one in Cape
May yesterday (10/25) along with a Red Crossbill and a bunch (maybe 30-40)
Red Crossbills here today. And yes, there are tons of siskins here (sorry
Phil). Keep those feeders full!
Michael O'Brien
Cape May Point, NJ
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>From: Greg Miller <hawk-owl@yahoo.com>
>To: mdosprey@ARI.Net
>Subject: [MDOsprey] The Redpolls are coming! The Redpolls are coming!
>Date: Mon, Oct 25, 1999, 11:28 PM
>
>Or was that the Redcoats? <grin> It's still early, but
>this optimistic birder is seeing redpolls returning to
>their normal haunts in good numbers this past week.
>In the northeast, they're only in Newfoundland and
>Maine so far. In the Great Lakes, however, these
>birds have returned to Minnesota, Michigan, and
>Illinois as well as North Dakota and Iowa.
>
>Hope these little peskies will join in on this
>winter's feeding frenzy here in the south!
>
>Rumormill has it this could also be a good winter for
>chickadees, both Boreal and Black-capped. Also, could
>be a good owl winter in Minnesota.
>
>Siskinless and dreaming...
>
>-Greg Miller
>Hollywood, MD
>
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