Herds of them, overrunning everything. A flash mob of redpolls.
Chasing all the other birds away from the feeder, like the gentle pine grosbeaks.
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| Female pine grosbeak |
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| Male pine grobeak in bush with redpoll. |
The only bird that can scare them away emporarily is the black billed magpie. It still rules the roost, because it would just as soon fly off with a redpoll in its beak as a black oil sunflower seed.
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| Black-billed magpie. |
Good thing these redpolls are so cute.
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| Finally got the seed out of the hull. |
You know I love these!!!! So much!!!!
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