Re: [mou-net] Explosion of redpolls
Here on the border in Gary SD, we have had anywhere from 50 to 100+ daily now since the last week in January. I'm going through 40 pounds of seed in 3 weeks- bankrupted by Redpolls! They are still in the area as of this morning- I see flocks of the same size in WMAs feeding on weed and forb seeds and getting grit from the roadsides; they seem to be especially prevalent in western Yellow Medicine County. Oddly, the staff at Lac qui Parle State Park visitor center told me that they haven't seen more than a few at one time all winter long. On 3/20/18, Michael Koutnik wrote: > I have never seen anything like this at any home I’ve lived in. This morning > I was approaching my bedroom and heard several taps on the window. There is > a thistle and a sunflower seed feeder close to the window, along with a bird > bath. I saw nearly a dozen redpolls. And at least another 2 dozen on the > ground below the thistle feeder. Amazing! Except for when I visit the Sax > Zim, this is by far the most redpolls I’ve seen at once. > > And now just as quickly as they came, they are gone. All that remains at my > suburban Eagan feeders is the more typical single goldfinch and single > white-breasted nuthatch. Oh—and a chickadee. :) > > Mike Koutnik > > Sent from my iPhone > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- Jason M. Frank Founder and Vice President, Luddite Ornithologists League (LOL) https://turnstonecreations.smugmug.com/ "The Universe does not have laws. It has habits. And habits can be broken." -Dr. Wiggs Dannyboy Sent from my invisible blue Homing Pigeon Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
Re: [mou-net] Explosion of redpolls
Not every year, but at least a couple of years each decade, here in Mendota Heights, I will experience an explosion of redpolls, and this was one of those years. They have been around about a month, with 50-100 at peak, and now diminishing in numbers to a couple dozen. Both common and hoary, and they will fill all the perches on my 3 foot tube thistle feeder several times each day. Bernie Friel Bernard P. Friel North American Nature Photography Assn. Grand Canyon River Guides International Society of Aviation Photography The Explorers Club Web Pages-http://www.wampy.com On 3/20/18, 10:30, "Minnesota Birds on behalf of Michael Koutnik" wrote: I have never seen anything like this at any home I’ve lived in. This morning I was approaching my bedroom and heard several taps on the window. There is a thistle and a sunflower seed feeder close to the window, along with a bird bath. I saw nearly a dozen redpolls. And at least another 2 dozen on the ground below the thistle feeder. Amazing! Except for when I visit the Sax Zim, this is by far the most redpolls I’ve seen at once. And now just as quickly as they came, they are gone. All that remains at my suburban Eagan feeders is the more typical single goldfinch and single white-breasted nuthatch. Oh—and a chickadee. :) Mike Koutnik Sent from my iPhone Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
[mou-net] Explosion of redpolls
I have never seen anything like this at any home I’ve lived in. This morning I was approaching my bedroom and heard several taps on the window. There is a thistle and a sunflower seed feeder close to the window, along with a bird bath. I saw nearly a dozen redpolls. And at least another 2 dozen on the ground below the thistle feeder. Amazing! Except for when I visit the Sax Zim, this is by far the most redpolls I’ve seen at once. And now just as quickly as they came, they are gone. All that remains at my suburban Eagan feeders is the more typical single goldfinch and single white-breasted nuthatch. Oh—and a chickadee. :) Mike Koutnik Sent from my iPhone Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
