• Feb. 8, 2008 - Hoary and Common Redpolls online

Would you like to see more photographs about Redpolls and listen to their intriguing, chirping songs?  Listed below are websites that my family and I found useful in learning more about these lovely little birds.  There are excellent photographs, maps of their summer and winter locations, food sources, and more... Cornell Lab of Ornithology's "All About Birds" -- HOARY REDPOLL eNature -- HOARY REDPOLL Cornell Lab of Ornithology's "All About Birds" -- COMMON REDPOLL eNature -- COMMON REDPOLL If you have cats, you may want to listen to the bird calls when they aren't around.  When we listened to the sound samples, our cats became very excited.  The entire time, the poor kitties looked out the window and behind the computer to try to find the birds!  Here is our Maine Coon Cat cautiously sniffing the computer speakers on top of the monitor: "I hear the bird... Where is it?!?" I wonder if the cats were trying to find our budgerigar, who passed away last year?  The youngest cat still looks for him in the washroom, where his cage was safely kept at night.  Our budgie was an incredible mimic of various sounds and had a substantial human vocabulary as well.  POSTSCRIPT: By the way, for those who are concerned about our cats decimating the local population of fauna... Our cats are inside-only pets; they have to be, for their own safety.  They only go out while in a harness, during adult-supervised outdoor time.  There are too many large predators (raptors, coyotes, wolves, cougars), as well as pet dogs roaming in packs and other modern hazards such as automobiles and antifreeze.  Many families lose their companion animals to an untimely death - we don't want to be one of them.

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