Wayne and I took a lovely morning walk around the lake, which yielded a few surprises:<br><br>a solitary FOY  Tree Swallow<br>25 Redpolls foraging in the field and flying back and forth. <br><br>Other sightings were:<br>60 Canada Geese-fly-overs<br>

15 Comon Mergansers<br>1 Belted Kingfisher<br>4 Blue Jays<br>6 Crows<br>12  Chickadees<br>1 Song Sparrow, singing mightily<br>2 Cardinal, also singing<br>2 Redwings<br><br>And a bonus muskrat swimming and diving along the East shore-very entertaining-even got underwater pictures. (No , we didn&#39;t dive, but it did!). <br>

<br>A very short stop at Dewey&#39;s Mills produced a pair of Hoodies. Very quiet there- pond side sill mostly frozen.<br><br>At home we still have 6-15 Redpolls. Evening Grosbeaks have been here but scarce since first sighting. Saw one female yesterday.  Brown Creeper has been to the suet recently.  Barred Owl still around occasionally-Wayne heard it around 3 PM today. <br>

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