Subject: Different(?) Redpoll @ Foster Is.
Date: Jan 21 23:24:45 2002
From: Michael Dossett - phainopepla at yahoo.com


I too birded foster and Marsh Islands today. Included
in one of the flocks of redpolls I saw on Marsh Island
was a bird which was overall very white, with only a
single faint streak on each side as well as an
immaculate rump and undertail coverts. I did not see
a hint of pink on the breast of this bird. It was
observed at about 10 feet for about 15 minutes. I
believe this is one of the Hoary Redpolls which was
found on Foster Island on the CBC.

Michael Dossett
Bothell, WA
phainopepla at yahoo.com

--- barry.levine at bsd405.com wrote:
> Tweeters,
> Today at Foster Island the flock of Redpolls that
> has been reported for
> the last few weeks was again seen. As reported by
> Ted Kenefick
> yesterday, there is one bird in the flock of about
> 125-150 that
> immediately stands out. The bird is almost pure
> white on its belly with
> faint pink on it's breast. The streaking on the
> flanks is just about
> nonexistant. Without a scope it was hard to
> ascertain comparable
> features of the head and bill and whether the rump
> was streaked. These
> birds were pretty active. I spoke with Ted this
> evening and it seems
> that this was the same bird he had noted the day
> before. This may be
> worth checking out for those of you who still
> checking Redpolls.
>
> Barry Levine
> Seattle


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