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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andy Hurley" data-source="post: 3424311" data-attributes="member: 86867">I was in AB and BC for the last 3 weeks and although not as high as Dawson Creek, one of the most common birds I saw was the Red-winged Blackbird. (I didn't do any counts though). Lots of sparrows and Brown-headed Cowbirds, the latter more in Alberta. With so many types of sparrow, the individual species number that I saw was probably less than RWBB. Sometimes it is difficult to judge size, especially through bins at elevation and a large sparrow (e.g. Fox) at 7" is not that far away from a RWBB @ 8.75" although considerably lighter.A Redpoll is 5.5", the same size as a small sparrow, eg Chipping or Clay-coloured and of comparable weight.FWIW I still think this bird is an RWBB</blockquote>