[CT Birds] Redpolls & Misc. Questions

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Hello,

We have 3 individual Red-Bellied woodpeckers that come to our suet feeders almost every day; like yours, ours are distinguished by their plumage: 1 adult male, 1 adult female, one juvenile male. I know that they bred in the next yard last summer, so I've assumed that this is the same family group. The lone young one (wonder if there were others?) started coming to the suet in the fall.

The Red-Bellies are my FAVORITE feeder bird. Well, except for the gigantic adult Cooper's Hawk that zooms in every week or so.

Sarah

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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert J. Bitondi [mailto:rjbitondi at sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2008 02:33 PM
To: ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org
Subject: [CT Birds] Redpolls & Misc. Questions

I had 22 Common Redpolls Monday, 2/4/08, a high for the yard, but then didn't see any until this morning when I saw 16 at the feeders.  They seem increasingly skittish.  I have some nice photos of one redpoll that can be viewed at

 http://picasaweb.google.com/rjbitondi

Red bellied WP question:  There are at least 4 that come to my feeders (I can ID 4 individuals by plumage differences) and each week when I enter this number into the PFW database I have to confirm the number.  Is this number unusual in CT?  

Ruffed grouse question:  Any thoughts on numbers, distribution in CT for this species?

Bob 
Pomfret Center
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