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The Common Redpoll originate from the Artic Tundra and northern edges of the Boreal forest. They pass through the Algonquin Highlands on their migration every year, in at least small numbers. They are 13 to 14 cm in length, and pale, with brown streaks, a bright red cap, and a dark chin. Males have a pink chest.
Common Redpolls feed on the seeds of willow, tamarack, alder, and especially birch. They are very lively birds that travel in packs. They travel wherever the food supply is good, and settle there in great numbers.
Mating produces 4 to 6 pale green eggs, spotted with red-brown. Their nest consists of grass, moss, and twigs, lined with plant down, and placed in a low willow or birch tree. The call of the Common Redpoll is a twittering trill or soft rattle.
They travel wherever the food supply is good, and settle there in great numbers.
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COMMON REDPOLL
Carduelis flammea
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