Monday, March 2, 2009

Redpolls

I've had a big flock of Redpolls
around lately. They keep emptying my niger feeder! I always watch them carefully to see if I might have a Hoary Redpoll mixed in with the Common Redpolls...There are several that I find lighter and have less streaking on the front but I think they are just light Commons. Then the other day there was one that was really easy to spot among the large flock! It was a little bit bigger and much lighter on its back. So I think it is a Hoary Redpoll!

They seem to be pretty rare, after announcing on my bird group that I thought I might have one, 2 people have contacted me to ask if they could come over to watch my flock! :0)

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