South Dakota Birds and Birding
Common Redpoll Photos
Photography by Terry Sohl
My Favorite: Common Redpolls are a
quite uncommon visitor in our part of South Dakota. Over the years you can count
on one hand the number of winters where we've had them visit, and for a couple
of those visits, they were only around for a day or two. We've had a couple of
winters though where they've been around for much of the winter, including one
great winter in early 2013 where we also had a couple of ultra-rare
Hoary Redpolls in our yard.
My favorite photo is from that winter, of one sitting in some snow on our deck
rail.
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| Common Redpoll 1 | Common Redpoll 2 | Common Redpoll 3 | Common Redpoll 4 |
| January 20th, 2013 | March 2013 | January 20h, 2013 | January 12th, 2013 |
| Brandon, South Dakota | Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota | Brandon, South Dakota | Brandon, South Dakota |
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| Common Redpoll 5 | Common Redpoll 6 | Common Redpoll 7 | Common Redpoll 8 |
| January 12th, 2013 | January 12th, 2013 | January 12th, 2013 | January 12th, 2013 |
| Brandon, South Dakota | Brandon, South Dakota | Brandon, South Dakota | Brandon, South Dakota |
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| Common Redpoll 9 | Common Redpoll 10 | Common Redpoll 11 | Common Redpoll 12 |
| January 20h, 2013 | January 20h, 2013 | January 20h, 2013 | December 9th, 2017 |
| Brandon, South Dakota | Brandon, South Dakota | Brandon, South Dakota | Brandon, South Dakota |
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| Common Redpoll 13 | Common Redpoll 14 |
| December 9th, 2017 | December 9th, 2017 |
| Brandon, South Dakota | Brandon, South Dakota |
Click here for the species description page for the Common Redpoll