"Redpolls"

[jonny_redhorse]

Well ,I knew we were going to be hit with some inclement weather later in the day so grabbed my gear (and a couple of pepsies and pringles )and headed out about 7:30 this morning...destination was the "bog" once again...Blue Spruce road again but wanted to concentrate on the 2 species of redpolls there...now I'm no expert on redpolls so I'm not really that sure what species of redpoll I have here... ...certainly a beautiful bird non the less!....no one was at the feeders this morning!...just moi!

of course the pine grosbeaks were there!

not sure what kind of animal this "was"! (owl avenue)

[Steve Foss]

Nice shots, Jonny. Great to see you got out before the weather turned UGLY!

These are all common redpolls. If you see a redpoll that's so pale it's almost white and has very little streaking, you may have a hoary redpoll, which are far less common than the, uh, commons, but often hang around with them.

[finnbay]

Great shots, jonny!

[buzzsaw]

hey those guys look familiar. Nice stuff, Jonny.

[jonny_redhorse]

thanks Steve and all!...I looked up some photos of the "hoary" and a guy named "Christopher L. wood"(reknowned birder of sorts) had some photos of one taken at the blue spruce road just last saturday!( he has em on one of the bigger photo sites)...apparently they are there and I just couldn't distinguish the difference between them...now I know what to look for next time at the blue spruce station! ...in next few weeks!...geesh..lots of heavy hitter birders apparently go to the bog as he had photos of blackbacked and 3 toeds on the mcdavitt road last week also...

[buzzsaw]

We saw one Hoary when we were their Jonny... we were all bunched up under the pines and the lighter colored Redpoll made his visit to the top of the pines briefly.