[birdky] Re: Lexington Redpoll

  • From: "Aegolius ." <markmonroe1@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 06:26:47 -0500

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
>>
>
>

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