I spent time at the Mt. Pleasant East fields this morning most of the time with 
Sandy Podulka looking at Redpolls. There were several flocks flying around and 
disappearing in the grass to feed. As Gladys noted they could disappear and you 
had to have a good angle and elevation to see them. 
We were able to get some good views and Sandy was able to photograph a few. I 
had one candidate for possible Hoary Redpoll. The flocks would separate and 
reconvene making accurate counts difficult, but my total estimate of widely 
separate groups was 150 birds. 
It’s a nice day and birds are visible from the main or side road to the tower 
if your patient. 
Gary 

On Nov 27, 2020, at 8:42 AM, Gladys J Birdsall <g...@outlook.com> wrote:

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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