> From: Jean Iron <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: October 24, 2008 12:28:54 PM EDT (CA)
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [Ontbirds]Common Redpoll Irruption in Quebec
>
> Pascal Côté of the Observatoire d'oiseaux de Tadoussac reports that  
> over 23,000 Common Redpolls passed Tadoussac on Wednesday and  
> Thursday this week. Yesterday, in one hour, over 2000 birds passed  
> for over 30 redpolls per minute. They are going southwest. The  
> Tadoussac Bird Observatory is just north of the Saguenay River  
> Fiord on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River about 235 km  
> (145 mi) northeast of Quebec City. How far will they go? Stock your  
> feeders.
>
> Ron Pittaway and Jean Iron
> Toronto and Minden ON
>
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