Hi all, Yesterday, I lead a Group 3 of SFO (Spring Field Ornithology) class. We did Snyder and Neimi Road and SSW. Highlights were, a singing cold, hunched Eastern Meadowlark on a post in the airport compound; several chickadees drinking from icicles (chickadee popsicles) near Cornell Research Ponds, two beautiful reddish Fox sparrows in the same area scratching ground and were often chased away by the Red-winged Blackbirds, don't know if they chased them off after they exposed some food or just general nastiness on the part of blackbirds; a flock of Brown-headed Cowbirds and at the SSW, as we were entering the building a powerful Cooper's Hawk flew over into the woods and a flock of Rusty Blackbirds feeding in the muck. It was cold grrr, but a beautiful day. After an hour everyone forgot that we were cold as toes and fingers had lost all sensations and birds were getting us excited. PS: I have been looking for Redpolls that are being reported in hundreds all over the places, but none seem to be around in the natural areas, everyone seem to be hanging around the bird feeders :-(
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