tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post8993568984672239107..comments2009-10-30T00:57:15.452-04:00Comments on Sibley Guides Notebook: Greater Redpoll photosUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-8061520052927916182008-03-26T12:45:00.000-04:002008-03-26T12:45:00.000-04:00Hi Birdman,Thanks for posting here. I'm glad you l...Hi Birdman,<BR/>Thanks for posting here. I'm glad you like my books, and even more glad that you like birds and birding. Keep it up!David Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17594789223586882529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-44460699351384090502008-03-22T18:06:00.000-04:002008-03-22T18:06:00.000-04:00Hello David Sibley,I am a huge fan of your books a...Hello David Sibley,<BR/>I am a huge fan of your books and your blog. I have been trying to contact to for a year now. I am 11 years old and my blog is http://birdman-nature.blogspot.com<BR/>Goodbye,<BR/>BirdmanBirdmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00716895716085176028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-27182311863694201862008-03-13T17:03:00.000-04:002008-03-13T17:03:00.000-04:00This is all quite interesting and I too have wonde...This is all quite interesting and I too have wondered what more studies in the high arctic would reveal to further our understanding of redpoll id. That said, I've stuck pretty much to local patches and have had a blast trying to speculate (using great sources such as this site) on useful id criteria. Not sure this is worth much, but it certainly helped pick out Greater Redpolls (rostrata) Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16421423214003268155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-89407856762002524742008-03-13T09:57:00.000-04:002008-03-13T09:57:00.000-04:00Well yes, studying redpolls only in winter, when t...Well yes, studying redpolls only in winter, when they are all mixed together, is like studying Thayer's/Iceland Gulls in winter, and can be a frustrating process. But I enjoy speculation and I've learned a lot about redpolls this winter. At the very least we can define some of the variation and formulate questions, which can then help give some direction to the observers who are lucky enough to David Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17594789223586882529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-13578634020526629972008-03-12T12:54:00.000-04:002008-03-12T12:54:00.000-04:00Hi David,interesting news (to me) about the Alaska...Hi David,<BR/>interesting news (to me) about the Alaska exilipes being that pale.<BR/>One of the major obstacles on our way to understanding Redpoll variation and species limits seems to be (just as it is the case for a few other species of the high Arctic) that most studies are conducted in the more easily accessable wintering grounds on birds of unproven geographic origin instead of the Jochenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852825311605464857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-6523717467262565182008-03-12T06:52:00.000-04:002008-03-12T06:52:00.000-04:00Hi Jochen,I was also struck by the paleness of the...Hi Jochen,<BR/>I was also struck by the paleness of these birds, but I'm sure they are regular <I>exilipes</I> Hoary Redpolls because they don't look larger than the Commons. Nearly unstreaked <I>exilipes</I> Hoaries are regular in Alaska, so I think the only reliable field mark for Hornemann's is going to be size. That doesn't mean Hornemann's couldn't occur in Alberta, but if it does it's David Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17594789223586882529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-1842679982939765992008-03-11T22:16:00.000-04:002008-03-11T22:16:00.000-04:00We all love hearing, no I mean learning about thes...We all love hearing, no I mean learning about these Redpoll! You are teaching us many things that we never would have thought about existed with these species.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723269882919206612.post-83278770015020329802008-03-11T13:24:00.000-04:002008-03-11T13:24:00.000-04:00Those Alberta Hoaries are very whitish/pale. Could...Those Alberta Hoaries are very whitish/pale. Could they be hornemanni and not exilipes, despite their range making the latter more likely?Jochenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852825311605464857noreply@blogger.com