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Make:PENTAX
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Date Taken:Feb 11, 2010, 11:03:21 AM
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Common Redpoll Femaleby ~KSPhotographic

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Birds

Identification and Text source: www.whatbird.com

The Common Redpoll is a small finch that breeds in Alaska, Quebec, British Columbia, Newfoundland and the Magdalen Islands. It prefers subarctic climates with coniferous forests and scrubs, and they are typically associated with birch trees. They do not habituate in dense forests. In winter months, they will migrate to California, Oklahoma, North and South Carolina, and have even been found in Eurasia. One Common Redpoll had once been confirmed to migrate 4,000 miles to Norway. Preferred winter habitats include brushy pastures and fields. They are seed eaters and sleep in snow tunnels.

INTERESTING FACTS
* A group of redpolls are collectively known as a "gallup" of redpolls.
* Although not considered a migratory bird, one of these birds, bearing a band with Chinese markings, was captured in Norway, having traveled over 4000 miles.
* During the long Arctic night, redpolls sleep in snow tunnels to preserve body heat.
* Several Redpolls have been seen on a twig feeding each other by passing a seed from bill to bill.