redpoll

"This is Mrs. Redpoll," announced her lively little mate.

Siskin, Redpoll and Crossbills are recorded on the woodland edge of the reserve.

So it is that a little seed-eating finch called the redpoll has been showing up in large numbers in the New York area.

It breeds somewhat further south than the Arctic Redpoll, also in habitats with thickets or shrubs.

Large flocks of redpoll and occasionally siskin feed on the alder trees that fringe the meadows.

Redpoll called softly and almost at once was joined by another red-capped bird but without the pink breast, and with sides more heavily streaked.

Winter visitors include Lesser Redpoll and Brambling.

Birds such as the redpoll, crossbill, long-eared owl, tree pipit, sparrowhawk and nightjar can be found here.

Several finches eat alder seeds, notably common redpoll and pine siskin, and as do deer mice.

He notes a frozen redpoll, but he wastes no more energy on loose sentiment than he would in deftly skinning a marten.

The common redpoll is smaller, browner and more streaked than the Arctic Redpoll.

Arctic Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni)

Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret)

In the winter, redpoll and bramblings frequent the woods, and in summer, redstarts and cuckoos can be found.

Uncommon winter visitors have included Pine Siskins, Common Redpoll, and Evening Grosbeak.

Habitats cater to a wide variety of birds, including mute swans, goldfinches, lesser redpoll, skylarks, and willow warblers.

C. h. hornemanni (Greenland Arctic Redpoll)

The alders attract flocks of Siskin Carduelis spinus and Redpoll C. flammea.

The seeds are an important food for some birds, notably Pine Siskin, Common Redpoll and White-winged Crossbill.

An unusual bird migrant record for the school grounds in the 1920s is that of the Mealy Redpoll, Carduelis flammea flammea.

It is home to a variety of birds, including the Eurasian siskin, Nightingale and Lesser redpoll, and around 450 species of fungi.

The world of birds is much richer, comprising among others black grouse, Tengmalm's owl, alpine accentor, water pipit, common redpoll, Western Capercaillie.

He is also commemorated in the specific epethets for the bird Carduelis hornemanni (Arctic Redpoll), the flowering plant Epilobium hornemannii Rchb.

The Lesser Redpoll (Carduelis cabaret) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Carduelis in the finch family, Fringillidae.