Oops, meant Alice and Carl (not Chad). Lovely people. :) Mark Mark Monroe Louisville, KY On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 12:31 AM, Aegolius . <markmonroe1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jamie Baker, Brainard Palmer-Ball, Eddie Huber, and I visited Alice's home > today arriving a little before 1 pm. > > Alice and Chad were quite hospitable and we did first see the female > redpoll at 3:31, which is roughly when it seems to have been most often > reported. We also saw it for a marginally longer period at 4:08-4:10. We > left about 5 pm or so after not seeing it again. > > It is definitely not an easy bird to see, but the female has seemed to be > regular lately mid-afternoon for very quick and brief visits if you put in > the time. > > Good luck. > > Mark > > Mark Monroe > Louisville, KY > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Mark Tower <markdt7@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Stopped by Alice's place this afternoon around 3:30. She said she hadn't >> seen the birds since this past Wednesday. Waited around for about an hour. >> I started getting my gloves on to leave when the female showed up at the >> thistle feeder! For what it's worth, the last 3 times the bird has been >> seen, it's been in the afternoon like that. Seems the bird(s) clearly has >> other places it's getting food. Good luck to anyone trying to find it. Just >> may be hit-or-miss. >> >> Mark Tower >> > >