Hornemann's Hoary Redpolls !!!!! finally done the writing

I've finally put together the redpoll article I was writing. About time eh?

The next month could be a great time to find a Hornemann's in the south. It's designed to shed some light on the subspecies, no matter how familiar you are with them:

http://peregrineprints.com/zzz_Article_Redpolls.htm

Let me know what you think.. I haven't really done much writing like this before!

Adult male Hornemann's Hoary (left)

female-type Hornemann's Hoary (top right)

Ad. Male "Southern" Hoary (bottom right) 

Makes me want to head north again... Boy they're nice birds!

Assault on Redpolls

Despite the fact I have several more pressing and important things I need to do, I just couldn't ignore these Redpolls from my Cochrane trip. I've bee studying the images, and everything is fresh in my mind. The time to write is now!

But yeah, I'm not done writing yet. Hopefully in a day or two, I'll have a new addition in my series of having fun while identifying really confusing birds. Part of the process involved getting my images online.

After a super-fantastic fall of photographing Jaegers in the zodiac, I decided to expand the Gull pages to be the Gull and Jaeger pages! Then I continued my assault on Cackling Geese, and have future plans of getting lots of Cackler pictures online to help solve their mystery. But Redpolls? They aren't even waterbirds. It was time for a name-change and a broader focus.


For now........... Southern / exilipes Hoary Redpolls from northern Ontario. 34 pictures to simply document what these things can look like!


https://picasaweb.google.com/Peregrine13/ExilipesSouthernHoaryRedpollsInOntario#


Annnd yeah! More soon

Hornemann's photos

Photos of the two "most Hornemann's" like Redpolls on the day

Bird A is on the far left, bird B is on the far right. 

Bird A - with female "southern" Hoary (first bird on left) and 3 "Southern" Common Redpolls

Bird A alone

Bird B with two "southern" Common Redpolls

Bird B (left) with female "southern" Hoary Redpoll, right. 

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If subspecies aren't your thing, there was some real bona-fide, true-blue, male Hoary Redpolls to get the blood pumping:

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Not a bad day, considering the weather (rain to snow to whiteout to freezing cold)

Common's enjoying the weather. 

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Yay for Redpolls.. They're more confusing than Gulls!

Mmmm Hoaries.. Ok time to sleep!