{"id":2019,"date":"2012-03-18T22:10:37","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T05:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2019"},"modified":"2012-03-18T22:10:37","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T05:10:37","slug":"common-redpoll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/?p=2019","title":{"rendered":"Common Redpoll"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the winter I have made several trips out to locations around here where Common Redpoll had been sighted. These outings netted me neither sightings or photos. Yesterday took me to Deas Island Park, a spot I had not been in some time. Lo and behold, I came across a small flock of Common Redpoll. Unfortunately they were high up in the trees, which is normal, and the back light was too bright. I did manage a few record shots which I did not bother to blog about.<\/p>\n

Hoping for better luck I returned today. I located them again early into my walk and once again they were in a poor spot for photos. They then moved off out of sight and I lost track of them. After several laps around the park I was on my way out when I located them again along the same stretch of trail as yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Common Redpoll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After a little wait, some of them did make their way a little lower with a more neutral background.<\/p>\n

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Common Redpoll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This small finch is normally found and nests in the arctic tundra.<\/p>\n

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Common Redpoll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During the winter they will migrate further south.<\/p>\n

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Common Redpoll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You will usually find them feeding on the catkins in Alder and Birch trees.<\/p>\n

\"Common
Common Redpoll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It has been about four years since my last Common Redpoll photos.<\/p>\n

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Common Redpoll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Needless to say I was delighted to finally get these today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the winter I have made several trips out to locations around here where Common Redpoll had been sighted. These outings netted me neither sightings or photos. Yesterday took me to Deas Island Park, a spot I had not been in some time. Lo and behold, I came across a small flock of Common Redpoll. … Continue reading “Common Redpoll”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,134],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-2019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding-in-british-columbia","category-deas-island-park","tag-common-redpoll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2019"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2027,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019\/revisions\/2027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazym.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}