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- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- From: Jerrold Griggs <griggs@math.sc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:28:16 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
The election is over in South Carolina, but not the Polling!
This morning, while cleaning windows in my second floor study, I checked
the birds on the feeder below and was astonished to see finch with a
red head cap, not red all around like a male House Finch or Purple Finch.
I raced downstairs, and took photos from close range from the kitchen
window (in poor light). The black throat patch stood out, before I
checked the field guide and realized it should have one. This bird
was mostly brownish on the back, a Common Redpoll. Then it took off,
and it hasn't been relocated. I wrote down full details immediately.
No, I don't live in Hilton Head, but in Columbia, along Rawls Creek, not
far from the Lake Murray Dam (Irmo side).
The chap installing a cable modem for my computer also saw the bird;
he is my only corroborating witness!
I last saw Redpolls, both species, at feeders near Minneapolis in 1988.
So this was quite a thrill.
If it returns, I will certainly report it here.
We got our first Wood Ducks for the yard list today, swimming in the
creek in back, so it was already a good day. A new high of 9 Pine Siskins,
too. But a Common Redpoll is a super addition for my BYBL submission!
Jerry Griggs j@sc.edu
Columbia, SC