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From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of
Frederickson Randy
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 10:53 AM
To: MOU-NET@LISTS.UMN.EDU
Subject: [mou-net] Winter finches
Currently have about 220 redpolls feeding in my back yard. Numbers had
dropped off these past two weeks, and
Currently have about 220 redpolls feeding in my back yard. Numbers had dropped
off these past two weeks, and reading other reports from southern MN, I thought
the large flock I'd been feeding all winter was gone. I always have
goldfinches in the winter, but the redpolls seemed to have displace
This past week I was leading a five-day trip for Partnership for
International Birding. They are a relatively new birding tour organization
that offers birding trips world-wide. Over the course of the week we
visited hotspots around Duluth, into Superior, WI, Sax-Zim Bog, and even
had a day of visi
Strange occurrence - sitting here in central MN - adding Red Crossbills to my
year list today means I have all the " hard" finches (grosbeaks, redpolls,
crossbills) but not House - Purple - or Pine Siskins on my year list yet.
Of course, no rosy finches
Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
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Red & WW Crossbills, Ann Lake/Sand Dunes parking lot, both in air at same time.
C. Redpolls, Pine Siskins on
Mahnomen Trail, Sherburne NWR. Cranes still present.
No sign of Townsend's Solitaire or Bohemian Waxwings at Ann Lake.
Al Schirmacher
Princeton, MN
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About 20 pine grosbeaks and 15 redpolls are tying on their bibs and
freeloading on sunflower seed. No "frosty" redpolls, despite the cold
weather!
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