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Arctic Redpoll - Polarsisik
- Carduelis
hornemanni
Snösiska - Hvidsisken - Tundraurpiainen - Witstuitbarmsijs - Polarbirkenzeisig - Sizerin blanchâtre - Pardillo de Hornemann
Offshore Arctic Redpoll, Shtokman Field, Barent's Sea, October 2010
Snösiska - Hvidsisken - Tundraurpiainen - Witstuitbarmsijs - Polarbirkenzeisig - Sizerin blanchâtre - Pardillo de Hornemann
Redpolls
can be a tricky group to identify and I have been plagued by pale,
unstreaked rumps for years, never quite being sure of the ID. This bird
that turned up on the back deck of a drill ship in the Barent's Sea was
not such a bird - a stunning little gem that blew away any doubts as to
its identification. A real "snowball".
Offshore Arctic Redpoll, Shtokman Field, Barent's Sea, October 2010
Offshore Arctic Redpoll, Shtokman field, Barents Sea,
October 2010
For
more redpoll pictures see the following pages:
.
| Problem Redpoll |
| Mealy (Common) Redpoll |
| Lesser Redpoll |
Photographing this bird
was not easy. Although quite approachable the light was awful and I was
forced to use single shot flash in the murky conditions. Also tried
putting the ISO values up to ridiculous levels and underexposing. Given
the conditions the results were quite satisfactory.
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