Sorry-late post. I walked the dogs a short ways down the tower road
yesterday 11/26. (Hunting in the woods at the end of that road) As we
were walking back towards Mt. Pleasant a flock of birds swirled up from
the east side of Tower Rd. I suspected Red Polls and returned just
after 10 am with my binocs and scope.
So-from tower rd. going east, there are plots where they planted
potatoes-no potatoes, etc. The flock was in the second strip of dead
grass/red clover. They were fairly close to Mt. Pleasant road, and
would keep coming down in the dead grassy/clover strip. They would
dissapear! I managed to find a few running around on the ground but
very hard to see. At one point the flock flew up and went to the field
to the west of Tower Rd. They quickly flew up onto the wires at the
intersection of Tower rd and Mt. Pleasant. When they were swirling and
flying around I estimate there may have been about 40 of them.
There are several strips of the grassy/red clover plots, going east from
the tower rd., they are dark brown and about knee high.
Good birding,
Gladys
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