Bird Watching: Redpoll, Acanthis flammea, 1 by Grasmussen

Grasmussen wrote:
Redpoll, Acanthis flammea. On New Years day a large flock, of Redpolls, found my bird feeder, during a snow storm. Since then, this one male has been trying to claim the feeder, as his personal property. It is easy to take close up pictures of him at the window sill feeder, but they lack the aesthetic qualities, of a natural background. When he is in the tree, he will seldom sit still, long enough to focus the camera, before moving to the next branch . I only getting one or two good shots a day, out of dozens of attempts. I get some distortion shooting through the window glass. Cropped from 10X telephoto shot. Anchorage, AK 1/16/2007