Breeding Location:
Bushes, shrubs, and thickets
Breeding Type:
Monogamous, Semicolonial
Breeding Population:
Fairly common
Egg Color:
Green to blue green with red brown spots
Number of Eggs:
4 - 6
Incubation Days:
9 - 12
Egg Incubator:
Female
Nest Material:
Twigs, grass, and rootlets., Lined with soft grass, feathers, and hair.
Migration:
Northern birds migrate
Recommended Products:
General
Hoary Redpoll: Small finch (exilipes), with buff-gray, brown-streaked upperparts and brown-streaked white underparts washed pink. Head has red cap and black chin patch. Wings are black with two white bars. Rump is pale gray or white with few or no streaks. Tail is black and notched. Female lacks pink wash on underparts.
Range and Habitat
Hoary Redpoll: Breeds along Arctic coasts, wandering southward in winter to much of Canada and northern U.S. Inhabits weedy pastures and roadsides in winter; stays on tundra in summer.
Breeding and Nesting
Hoary Redpoll: Four to six green to blue green eggs spotted with red brown are laid in a nest made of twigs, grass, and rootlets, lined with soft grass, feathers and hair, and built in the middle of a low bush or on the ground sheltered by rocks or vegetation. Incubation ranges from 9 to 12 days and is carried out by the female.
Foraging and Feeding
Hoary Redpoll: Eats seeds and insects; forages on the ground and in bushes and trees.
Readily Eats
Safflower, Apple Slices, Suet, Millet, Peanut Kernels, Fruit
Vocalization
Hoary Redpoll: Song is a trill followed by a slow twitter "zzzzzz-chee-chee-chee-chee." Call is a plaintive "tweet."
Similar Species
Hoary Redpoll: Common Redpoll has conspicuous streaks on rump, flanks, and undertail coverts, heavier brown streaks on nape and upperparts, and slightly larger bill.
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