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Beautiful pictures of those darlin’ redpolls (Carduelis flammea). And your navy bean soup looks tasty. But Fr. Z, do you have a recipe you can share with us? Or did you just … wing it?
We had a first at our feeder yesterday, a Rufous-sided Towhee.
We are truly living in exciting times. ;-)
Re: “Redpoll” —
Poll is a lovely old word. You normally only see it in much-mutated form, like “polls” or “polling”. But it really means “head”, especially the hairy part. If you poll people or send people to the polls, you’re literally “counting heads”. :)
So I look at that bird, and I do see a red poll. Excellent name!
Fr. Z – On the soup, I don’t see any juniper berries, which add a subtle, wonderful zest to any white-bean dish. If you haven’t tried that, and trusting that your recipe includes olive oil, you’re in for a treat.
Eric: A Rufous-sided Towhee, you say!
I give you joy of it!
Ed: I don’t see any juniper berries
Whew! That’s a relief! I didn’t put any in!
Good idea though.
I used them not long ago with my pork and sauerkraut.
Delightful pictures! We should be so lucky.
Yesterday we heard the most awful sounds, there were 6 crows yakking it up in the tree behind our house. They all but disappeared for a couple of years from the West Nile Disease. We sure didn’t miss their noise.
The first thought that came to my mind when I saw the first pic was that it was a frosted cardinal. I don’t think there IS such a thing as a frosted cardinal, but if you had a very very cold, frost-covered cardinal (the Virginia state bird!) I think that is what I would look like as it was coming in for a landing.
Great photos of the Redpolls! You are right about the severity of conditions in the north causing a periodic “irruption”. It’s a boon for birders in the states. One of those little Redpolls was spotted in Cincinnati yesterday, so I went in search after Mass today. No luck, but I located a flock of 30 White-winged Crossbills (Loxia leucoptera). I bet they are plentiful in the conifers in your neck of the woods.
Ok, lots of pictures of birds, capped off with a picture of lunch. Am I the only one sensing an ulterior motive for the Sabine bird feeders?
Ok, two razz’s in one day. I’m done Father.