All, since negative reports are often useful, I'll pass along that I spent about 40 minutes at Dave Rosgen's feeders in Winchester late this morning and had about 50 Common Redpolls. No candidates for Hoary (nor "Greater" Common Redpoll) today, but beware that one or two adult male Commons were a bit on the paler side. I've seen reports of upwards of 125 redpolls at the feeders, so I saw just a fraction of the birds that are/were in the area. Two birders spent a brief time there yesterday and did not have the Hoary then either. Nick Bonomo Wallingford, CT www.shorebirder.com

I was there earlier with several other birders, covering c. 7:30-10 a.m., without any Hoary candidates. We too had a flock of c 50 C Redpolls that made several visits, allowing a good amount of time to look over the birds. We also had a group of about 20 a couple times. Greg Hanisewk Waterbury ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Bonomo" <nbonomo@gmail.com> To: "CTBirds" <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 2:18 PM Subject: [CT Birds] Winchester redpolls > All, since negative reports are often useful, I'll pass along that I > spent about 40 minutes at Dave Rosgen's feeders in Winchester late > this morning and had about 50 Common Redpolls. No candidates for Hoary > (nor "Greater" Common Redpoll) today, but beware that one or two adult > male Commons were a bit on the paler side. I've seen reports of > upwards of 125 redpolls at the feeders, so I saw just a fraction of > the birds that are/were in the area. > > Two birders spent a brief time there yesterday and did not have the > Hoary then either. > > Nick Bonomo > Wallingford, CT > www.shorebirder.com > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > >