FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Common Redpoll Seen This Afternoon

["Tommy Curtis" <tcbirdwatch@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We detoured to Hohenwald as we returned from Alabama this morning.  Arrived at 
Mrs. Russell's house at 11:30 and twenty minutes later Virginia saw the Redpoll 
but before I could swing my glasses away from another feeder, it was gone.  
Then all the birds disappeared as Crows were fighting a Red-tailed Hawk just 
south of the yard.  They slowly began coming back and at 1:00 p.m.  the Redpoll 
came into the bush to the right of the feeders, flew down on the bench that 
faces the yard, then up to the feeder beside the picnic table where he ate for 
several minutes.  
What is it that is so cute about a lone bird in an unusual place?  We've seen 
flocks of Common Redpolls in Michigan and Minnesota, but this little fellow 
seemed prettier than those in their usual habitat.  

Tommy & Virginia Curtis
Smithville, TN
DeKalb County
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