The gray catbird found by Jeff Weitzel on the Willmar CBC was alive and looking healthy when I saw it on Jan. 3rd. The homeowner said it is eating lots of sunflower. I left him a large piece of suet to cut up. He has not given permission to post the location, but anyone wanting to see the bird could contact me and I will forward the request. Despite MUCH searching the past several weeks, we have found zero pine grosbeaks or crossbills in Kandiyohi county. The grosbeaks are just north of us, but in modest numbers even there. Conversely my feeders at home are hosting the largest flock of redpolls I've ever had. I counted most of the flock (180) before they flushed the other day, so the flock is 200+ birds, with at least one hoary.
Randy Frederickson Willmar Middle School ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
