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Index of Subjects Hi Laura, Thank you for letting me know about it. Hoary Redpolls, being more northern than Commons, are always scarce, and not every year has a "Redpoll winter." There are only a couple of records for Brier Island, but then who is looking for them in mid-winter (except yourself!)? I have seen only two through the years, the first of which was a big one, and the second one of the smaller subspecies. We keep putting off getting to the island for our once-a-month-in-winter visit - hope we can make it later in February. "Retirement" turns out to be too busy to get everything done. All the best to you and Sean, Eric On 4 Feb 2013 at 8:37, Laura Titus wrote: > > I saw a hoary redpoll last week at Pond Cove, on a path near the old > sand dunes area. It flew very > close by and landed on the ground beside me for a few seconds then > flitted off into some alders. > > Laura Titus > Brier Island > > From: Eric L. Mills <e.mills@dal.ca> > To: ns-rba@yahoogroups.com; naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Sent: Monday, February 4, 2013 9:27:44 AM > Subject: [NatureNS] Hoary Redpoll, Lower Rose Bay, Lun. Co. > > One advantage of being storm-stayed - a few minutes a big and very > pale Hoary Redpoll > appeared among the 20 or so Commons at our feeder. It had a few very > pale and diffuse flank > streaks, but overall was frosty gray above, snow white below, very > small billed, and significantly > larger than the Commons - about as good a candidate as I've seen > recently for Acanthis > hornemanni hornemanni, not A. h. exilipes. > > > > Eric L. Mills > 286 Kingsburg Road > RR#1 Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0 > Canada > e.mills@dal.ca > > > > > Eric L. Mills 286 Kingsburg Road RR#1, Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0 Canada e.mills@dal.ca
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