: either of two small finches (genus Carduelis synonym Acanthis of the family Fringillidae) having brownish streaked plumage and a red or rosy crown
especially
: one (C. flammea) found in northern regions of both the New and Old World
often capitalized R&P
: any of a breed of large hornless red beef cattle of English origin
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BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
Two Lapland longspurs at the Longmeadow Flats and a common redpoll at a feeder in Granville.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
Three redpoll species are currently recognized: common, hoary, and lesser (a Eurasian species).
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2022
Other reports included a Philadelphia vireo and a mourning warbler at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, a common redpoll at North Beach, and a cattle egret at South Monomoy Island.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2021
Individual hoary redpolls were found among increasingly large common redpoll flocks in Sandwich and Wellfleet, which have numbered from 90-200.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2021
Stiteler also suggests the Sax-Zim Bog between Duluth and Hibbing, a national birding destination and a winter habitat for birds like the great gray owl, the pine grosbeak and the hoary redpoll.
—Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
Miscellaneous: Among sightings were a Eurasian wigeon in Broad Cove in Somerset, a vesper sparrow off of Bakerville Road in Dartmouth, and a common redpoll at the Thoreau School Riverwalk in West Concord.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
Meanwhile, the irruptive species—birds who irregularly migrate—like crossbills, redpolls, grosbeaks, and purple finches stayed north, resulting in lower talleys for the annual count in most of the United States.
—Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 15 Dec. 2017
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Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 3 Pacific loons, 15 common murres, 450 razorbills, 35 black-legged kittiwakes, 60 Iceland gulls, a glaucous gull, and 2 common redpolls.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
Two Lapland longspurs at the Longmeadow Flats and a common redpoll at a feeder in Granville.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
Three redpoll species are currently recognized: common, hoary, and lesser (a Eurasian species).
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2022
Other reports included a Philadelphia vireo and a mourning warbler at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, a common redpoll at North Beach, and a cattle egret at South Monomoy Island.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2021
Individual hoary redpolls were found among increasingly large common redpoll flocks in Sandwich and Wellfleet, which have numbered from 90-200.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2021
Stiteler also suggests the Sax-Zim Bog between Duluth and Hibbing, a national birding destination and a winter habitat for birds like the great gray owl, the pine grosbeak and the hoary redpoll.
—Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
Miscellaneous: Among sightings were a Eurasian wigeon in Broad Cove in Somerset, a vesper sparrow off of Bakerville Road in Dartmouth, and a common redpoll at the Thoreau School Riverwalk in West Concord.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
Meanwhile, the irruptive species—birds who irregularly migrate—like crossbills, redpolls, grosbeaks, and purple finches stayed north, resulting in lower talleys for the annual count in most of the United States.
—Mika McKinnon, Smithsonian, 15 Dec. 2017
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“Redpoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redpoll. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023.
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