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Hoary Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni?
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Another interesting Redpoll, showing some Hoary features,
but...too much pink? Or just enough? |
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| spot both White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera |
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| spot both White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera |
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| male Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus |
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| female Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus |
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House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
(with an interesting amount of white in the greater coverts) |
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| Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus |
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| And a long-forgotten, lonely cairn of stones |
Mount Royal Cemetery, February 6, 2021
Super cold in the MRC on February 6, but not unbearably so. Canada, eh! Faffed around with the Redpolls some more, and saw a couple of good candidates for Hoary, one of which I’m gonna go ahead and declare a Hoary Redpoll — fight me! I guess I come off a bit silly in that last post, whingeing and moaning about how frustrating birding is and how shit I am at it. Oh well, I reckon most birders will relate to that if they’re honest.
About ten White-winged Crossbills were showing well in the conifers by E5, and one female Red Crossbill was well seen nearby at first, before it flew off with a brace of unidentified finches. The day ended after four hours with 16 species (and 16 unfrozen digits), which is respectable for this time of year. I have a weird feeling something nutty will turn up soon at the cems.
In other news, Harry dug a giant hole.
In other other news, there are some twitchable owls around, but I’m a misanthrope at the best of times, and I get extra crabby at owl twitches. Apparently there have been 30-50 photogs mobbing a Boreal Owl, and I would lose my shit if I was there. Better I just not go.
Still not used to the idea of 2021. I swear I typed 2018 the other day when trying to write the date, no joke.
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