Category Archives: Finches

Taiga Birding Day 2: Gullfest 2013

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

Hard to find words. Superlatives.oft repeated end up sounding empty. Trying to write this post I had to run out for the second night running to witness sky-filling aurora. Alongside hilarity  filled company, there was Alaskan Husky driven sleds across the Taiga, a snowmobile ride, reindeer soup and … Continue reading →

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The Northerners in Oslo

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

Day One. Warm-up A rather manic day. Facebook status reads: finally made it to little B and B in Oslo after 4;30 am start. Lovely Sharon Garner and Abi Garner took me at 4:45 am to York. Train was on the board … Continue reading →

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North American Redpolls

Posted on March 17, 2013 by

Redpolls, redpolls, redpolls, and the usual cautionary tales. by Matt Young Audio Production Engineer  Cornell Lab of Ornithology As fall of 2012-13 set in, many of us here in the States knew a large wide-scale invasion of northern finches was … Continue reading →

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Footit Challenge. Half way there

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

71 out of 75 Had a long walk of some 10 miles yesterday with our family dog, Ebony. Headed off nearly 2 hours before sunrise. Soon onto not one but 2 Tawny Owls at the start of the Loxley Valley. Mute Swan and Mandarin were in the … Continue reading →

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All the Redpolls (nearly)

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

Shetland, Autumn 2012 We did wonderfully well for redpolls overall this autumn’s Shetland tours scoring 5 types out of six possible. I’m very pleased with sound recordings  obtained and combined with Mealy and Arctic Redpolls  from Norway they make for fascinating study. Redpolls are a great … Continue reading →

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Greenfinch

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

Lost from my garden by Martin I’m missing them. It’s not hard to recall my first on the plastic red peanut feeder in our garden in Frodsham, Cheshire- way back. An adult male, in resplendent green and yellow attire. Another bird ‘wonder’ for a fledgling observer. I watched it … Continue reading →

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Greenland Redpolls

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

rostrata Heaven Poorly seen candidate Pechora Pipit seen in flight few times in wet,cold and poor light this am. Nevertheless Greenland Redpolls and Hornemann’s continue to put on superb show! 2 Greenland Redpolls (from up 20 in the Norwick area) below.  

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Hornemann’s Redpoll

Posted on September 30, 2012 by

BOOM! Nuff said. Another superb day on Shetland. Star bird this evening.    

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Sounds like one!

Posted on August 30, 2012 by

Martin has asked me to post this on his behalf; he has limited internet access over the next few days but will follow up on any comments etc when he is able to! Sounds like a Two-barred Crossbill…. A crossbill sp. I … Continue reading →

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