Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Edmonds redpoll(?) 1-30-12
Date: Feb 1 02:08:27 2012
From: Bill Anderson - billandersonbic at yahoo.com


I previously wrote --->? Monday (1/30) afternoon I MAY have photographed a redpoll in a tree at the northern?edge of the Edmonds marsh along the walkway behind ?the tennis dome.? This is the same location where others have reported seeing redpolls.? The bird?flew?onto?the tree with a?flock of what appeared to be American goldfinches with at least one male house finch in the mix.???It was overcast and I was shooting straight south, so I?got mostly silhouettes.? To make matters worse,?my big honkin' 100-400 telephoto zoom is still in the shop and I must make do with my puny 55-250 kit zoom.
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I tried to take as many photos?as I could in the event one of the birds was a redpoll.?? I?could not identify any of the birds until?I got home,?downloaded the photos, then lightened them up with Picasa.?? I have sent the photos to several birder buddies to?confirm that the bird was a redpoll.?? ?I'll report back the results.? <----
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?UDATE:?I sent my two photographs to a?well-regarded local birder who confirmed that?it was indeed a redpoll.? He was unable to?determine if it was a common redpoll or a hoary redpoll.??
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Tuesday (1/31) my son and I returned to the scene to look for more redpolls with no success.?
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Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA. USA