--- "Michael Choukas Jr." wrote: I have twenty to thirty and have had every day for weeks. But no goldfinches. --- end of quote --- On River road in Lyme we have about 150 birds in a mixed flock of pine siskins and goldfinches, but only today did we get our first redpolls of the season. We also had our first evening grosbeaks earlier this week and regular visits by a red bellied woodpecker. On the other hand we have had no red-breasted nuthatches (we do have a few white-breasted). The microdistribution of the species is really intersting and somewhat mysterious. When we returned in midDecember after being gone for five weeks we had no goldfinches a=or pine siskins, thenthe goldfinches began to show up and now total more than 100 daily, but still no pine siskins. Then we started to get pine siskins and now on a good day theer are 25-50! So te birds certainly range around and then communicate well. Hal & Ann Harold Swartz, M.D., Ph. D. Professor of Radiology and Physiology Director EPR Center for Viable Systems Dartmouth Medical School HB 7785, Vail 702, Rubin 601 Hanover, NH, 03755 Phone at Vail office: 603-650-1955 Phone at Rubin office: 603-653-3590 Cell Phone: 603-359-8538 Office Fax: 603-650-1717 Home phone: 603-795-4919 Home fax: 603-795-4120 URL (EPR Center): http://www.dartmouth.edu/~eprctr/ **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************