• Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.

    Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Where premium quality meets exceptional value. ZEISS Conquest HDX.

common redpoll

  1. Redpoll

    Redpoll

    • Digiscoper321
    • Media item
    • acanthis flammea common redpoll sweden
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. SF 1 - Wheee

    SF 1 - Wheee

    Sorry BF friends. Still some catching up to do, and we'll be visiting friends tonight so I may not catch up until tomorrow. But I didn't want to miss Saturday Fun when I had a theme ready - a whole bunch of accidental flight shots. Wish they'd been in better focus, but they are still fun :D
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Shout out!

    Shout out!

    I'm hoping to be able to shout something joyful in another couple of hours ... or days ... If not over the election results, then perhaps because the Redpolls come back for another visit in my garden.
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  4. Redpoll behavior 3

    Redpoll behavior 3

    ... then there was the other half of the flock, who were nibbling the mortar out of the brick wall of the church. I mentioned this when I posted some of the pics on FB and my daughter (who's a biologist) sent me an article offering two theories about what gets birds to do this. One is that...
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Redpoll behavior 2

    Redpoll behavior 2

    ... or preening, another ordinary Redpoll behavior. But ...
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. Redpoll behavior 1

    Redpoll behavior 1

    I hinted that the Redpolls were engaging in some interesting behavior, but we'll start with the ordinary stuff - Redpolls eating birch seeds by picking apart the catkins. About half the flock were in the birch trees, either eating or ...
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. Redpoll

    Redpoll

    Their Norwegian name means "grey siskin". We call the other ones "green siskin". Neither name really fits all that well. And confusingly, we call Lesser Redpolls "brown siskin" - so when we see flocks of Common Redpolls, all of whom are more brown than grey, we have...
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. Last of season?

    Last of season?

    I think I did see the Redpolls at least one more time later on, a big flock of them in fact. But they just landed in the neighbors' birch and then took off again. I don't think I got any further Redpoll shots this winter season.
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. Tired of waiting ...

    Tired of waiting ...

    the Siskin tried a (literally) different approach.
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll eurasian siskin
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Rolling its eyes?

    Rolling its eyes?

    The Siskin seems rather exasperated with how long the Redpoll is taking at the feeder ;)
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll eurasian siskin
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. One last Redpoll

    One last Redpoll

    Although her cheeks are a bit brownish, I'm pretty sure this one is a Common, given how white her underparts are.
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. The blushing groom

    The blushing groom

    Too bad about the blurred twig stealing all the bright red away from his red poll, but that blushing breast really shows off well in this shot |=)|
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  13. Closer at last

    Closer at last

    Finally one of the Redpolls landed closer to the guest room windows. Not the best light, sadly, but still a nice wintry image.
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  14. Woodland birds 1

    Woodland birds 1

    Since I'd driven rather than walked to the falls, I took the opportunity to take the long drive to the far end of the reservoir and up to the feeder station at the crest of the hills there. I keep hoping that one of these days when I make that trip the Siberian Jays that supposedly like to hang...
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. Not so cooperative

    Not so cooperative

    The Redpolls did finally arrive, and in substantial numbers, but they have not been cooperative for photography purposes. They've been staying far from the windows or crick-in-the-neck high up in the trees. This one did finally come closer to the window overlooking the feeders, but then he was...
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  16. SF - Levitating

    SF - Levitating

    It's almost Saturday, so here's my SF shot for this week. I know Delia started that series to spotlight those classic "failed" shots, like the ones where a bird takes off out of the frame just as you press the shutter button. But sometimes happier accidents can give you a chuckle. I...
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  17. Common Redpoll

    Common Redpoll

    Common Redpoll. A relative rarity here. We had an eruption of these birds in 2015, the first time I had ever seen them. Had dozens in the yard. Since then, nothing. Till this one lone Redpoll showed up few days ago. It was traveling with a mixed flock of American Goldfinches and Pine Siskins.
    • wonderview
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: North America
  18. Common Redpoll

    Common Redpoll

    • MelodyFalk
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: North America
  19. Common Redpoll

    Common Redpoll

    • MelodyFalk
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  20. Common Redpoll

    Common Redpoll

    • MelodyFalk
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: North America
  21. Feeding on alder cones

    Feeding on alder cones

    • Digiscoper321
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  22. Common Redpoll

    Common Redpoll

    • pavlik
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  23. Coloring up for Spring

    Coloring up for Spring

    The setting was obviously still wintry, but the birds Great Tits were already starting to sing for territory and the Redpolls were beginning to blush.
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  24. Roly poly

    Roly poly

    Another shot from the cooooold time of the year. That time is now in the recent past and more distant future. We are now fully in the throes of Spring. Temperatures are reaching 60 and staying above 35F at night. Migrants are returning, with new FOS birds seen daily. We're having fabulous...
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  25. I scream, you scream

    I scream, you scream

    There's no use putting out water for the birds in January here - it freezes. Now and then we'll have enough of a thaw that there are puddles on the road. Some birds, of course, can drink from the river where it runs fast enough to stay open. This year I noticed that the Redpolls ate snow off our...
    • Doc Duck
    • Media item
    • common redpoll
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
Back
Top