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 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
