Location: Elm St, Norwich Observation date: 2/10/07 Notes: Flock of 12 purple finches, mixed adults and immatures Number of species: 9 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 5 Black-capped Chickadee 10 Tufted Titmouse 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 American Robin 1 Purple Finch 12 American Goldfinch 10 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org) --- end of quote --- A busy day at the feeders at our house on Elm St. yesterday. A very cold, fluffed up robin eating crabapples off the tree. The flock of purple finches had 2 adult males, 3 adult females, and 7 immatures. They were at the feeders for about 30 minutes, allowing some great up-close viewing. Bill and Betsy **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************