Hi, all.
Andy Boyce, formerly of Colorado, has a thought-provoking post this morning at
The ABA Blog:
http://blog.aba.org/2013/01/open-mic-redpolls.html
Andy's topic is how to ID Hoary Redpolls, or perhaps how *not* to...
Anyhow, great stuff in there, including a detailed and thoughtful
COBirders,
Yesterday I camped out at the Ft. Collins Museum of Discovery feeders,
hoping to spot a Hoary Redpoll. Despite the frequent attention from
raptors: Red-tailed Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Merlin (2) and Kestrel; the
Redpoll flock of ~75 birds was actively feeding most of the morning.
I focused
Sorry to load your inbox, but I put a male Common Redpoll pic up on my Flickr
site taken at about the same time, in a similar pose in similar light, for
comparison: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9047968@N02/8330627179/in/photostream
That is all… -Bill Schmoker, Longmont
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