[wisb] Flocks of birds

From: Patrick Ready <birdsready@xxxxxxxxx>
To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 10:32:17 -0600
On my morning walk today I took the River Trail on the west side of Stoughton. 
Near my neighborhood.
On the north end of the Jackson St pond a large flock of House Finches flew to 
the tops of the trees. I looked with my cheap bins and counted 60 birds.
Continuing on behind the houses near the soccer fields there was a huge flock 
of House Sparrows. The bushes were full of them. When they flew I could hear 
the wind noise from the wings flapping! At least 150 in this flock. A large 
feeding station in the back yard of a Virgin Lk Rd home must attract them. 
Cheap seed!!! Near Virgin Lk (pond) the woods had a flock of woodpeckers, 
Downy, Hairy & Red-bellied. Working the trees high and low. Also a small flock 
of Dark-eyed Juncos with several Black-capped Chickadees and some N. Cardinals 
mixed in. Just before leaving the trail I spotted a Great Horned Owl siting in 
an oak. Not a flock tho. The other day I was driving south of town late 
afternoon and saw a flock of mallards (200+) leaving a plowed field and heading 
north, presumably to the river. A flock of Canada Geese remained in the field 
feeding. Lastly the flock of squirrels in my back yard are doing a great job 
cleaning up after the flocks of messy birds at my feeders. The “Portly Gang” we 
call them.

Patrick Ready
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