I have what I believe are a trio of redpolls visiting my yard. At first, it was just the male and female, and they would only drink at my birdbath. After a while, the male discovered my window feeder with black oil sunflower seeds. Recently, the female disappeared, but the male and a juvenile have been hanging out together, quite often perched on my tiny feeder chowing down on the seeds together. I rather thought the female might be sitting a nest somewhere, as the females of all my other "visiting" pairs have been also withdrawing as of late.
Is this common of redpolls, for males and juvies to hang out together? I'm new to backyard birdwatching, but I'm hooked and have an incredible set-up, where some of the birds come within inches of me!
Also, I'm in upstate NY, and from looking at the map, it appears that redpolls are rather rare in this area this time of year?
...somewhere in a peaceful mountain range, a rabbit plots to take over the world....
