Great Photos Cameron!!!!
Printed out there look much better, maybe i be able to find one of this
species up here in Washington.

Ruth Sullivan

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> From: Cameron Eckert <cameron.eckert at gov.yk.ca>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Yukon Hoary Redpolls
> Date: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 3:05 PM
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> Redpoll identification is a favourite Yukon winter pastime. In southern
> Yukon, the ratio of Hoaries to Commons tends to be about 1:100. I've
posted
> a composite photo of Hoary Redpolls (all photographed in Whitehorse) at
the
> Yukon Bird Club web site:
>
> http://www.yukonweb.com/community/ybc/ybc_bird.jpg
>
> Features for distinguishing the frosty redpoll from its more common
cousin
> include:
>
> 1) Very little breast streaking.
> 2) White rump with no streaks.
> 3) White undertail with very limited (or no) thin streaks.
> 4) White edges to tertials and coverts.
> 5) Overall frosted (white) look to head.
> 6) The red poll tends to be brighter red.
> 7) A wash of pink (not red) on breast of some birds.
> 8) Some birds show pale peach wash around face.
> 9) Shorter stubbier bill.
> 10) Pale streak along scapulars.
> 11) Tend to look slightly larger than Commons.
> 12) Tend to cock their tails more than Commons.
> 13) Tend to have "bushier leggings" than Commons.
>
> Good luck with the Hoaries!
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Cameron Eckert
> Whitehorse, Yukon
>
> Yukon Bird Club
> Awareness ~ Appreciation ~ Conservation
> http://www.yukonweb.com/community/ybc/
>