: either of two small finches (genus Acanthis synonym Carduelis of the family Fringillidae) having brownish streaked plumage and a red or rosy crown
especially
: one (A. flammea) found in northern regions of both the New and Old World
often capitalized R&P
: any of a breed of large hornless red beef cattle of English origin
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Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 3 Pacific loons, 15 common murres, 450 razorbills, 35 black-legged kittiwakes, 60 Iceland gulls, a glaucous gull, and 2 common redpolls.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
Two Lapland longspurs at the Longmeadow Flats and a common redpoll at a feeder in Granville.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
Three redpoll species are currently recognized: common, hoary, and lesser (a Eurasian species).
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2022
Other reports included a Philadelphia vireo and a mourning warbler at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, a common redpoll at North Beach, and a cattle egret at South Monomoy Island.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2021
Individual hoary redpolls were found among increasingly large common redpoll flocks in Sandwich and Wellfleet, which have numbered from 90-200.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2021
Stiteler also suggests the Sax-Zim Bog between Duluth and Hibbing, a national birding destination and a winter habitat for birds like the great gray owl, the pine grosbeak and the hoary redpoll.
—Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
Miscellaneous: Among sightings were a Eurasian wigeon in Broad Cove in Somerset, a vesper sparrow off of Bakerville Road in Dartmouth, and a common redpoll at the Thoreau School Riverwalk in West Concord.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
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Their small seed clusters also attract birds like the goldfinch, redpolls, chickadees, and pine siskins.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
Sightings at Race Point in Provincetown included 3 Pacific loons, 15 common murres, 450 razorbills, 35 black-legged kittiwakes, 60 Iceland gulls, a glaucous gull, and 2 common redpolls.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2023
Two Lapland longspurs at the Longmeadow Flats and a common redpoll at a feeder in Granville.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Dec. 2022
Three redpoll species are currently recognized: common, hoary, and lesser (a Eurasian species).
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2022
Other reports included a Philadelphia vireo and a mourning warbler at Santuit Pond in Mashpee, a common redpoll at North Beach, and a cattle egret at South Monomoy Island.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2021
Individual hoary redpolls were found among increasingly large common redpoll flocks in Sandwich and Wellfleet, which have numbered from 90-200.
—BostonGlobe.com, 20 Jan. 2021
Stiteler also suggests the Sax-Zim Bog between Duluth and Hibbing, a national birding destination and a winter habitat for birds like the great gray owl, the pine grosbeak and the hoary redpoll.
—Richard Chin, Star Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
Miscellaneous: Among sightings were a Eurasian wigeon in Broad Cove in Somerset, a vesper sparrow off of Bakerville Road in Dartmouth, and a common redpoll at the Thoreau School Riverwalk in West Concord.
—BostonGlobe.com, 10 Nov. 2019
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