I know sometimes a bird's diet can play a factor in their coloring. So what orange food was my Redpoll eating? LOL!
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Orangepoll or Redpoll??
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How neat is THAT?!
OH MY WORD... he is so cute. Thank you for sharing this little fellow. It amazes me how close you can get to these creatures. I took some shots at geese today... from the inside of my home.
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He must have gotten some orange berrys.
Patsy
Carrot Top!!!
Hummmm....Orange and Yellow..Have you been feeding it Candy corn?ngle
I hear that the lady down the way has been putting her pumpkin pies out on her window sill to cool and was wondering why they had little holes dotting the custard.
Beautiful shot and I've never had an orange one.
Good thing you got a picture of him. I often see birds that vary just a bit from the bird book pictures..and wonder, if there is no one taking pictures of all the birds , and often people viewing the birds have little knowledge of what they are seeing, than there are probably a LOT of birds that just don't fit the bird book description . He is a cutie, isn't he? Maybe he is the rebel in the family and this temporary aberration will disappear as he matures.
Beautiful and beloved creature.
Oh, Shelley, I love him! So cute!
Ha Ha Mildred was funny too..."carrot top" hahaha!
Wow! That is really orange isn't it?
I wonder what he would look like under a black light.
I think he was eating sweet potatoes. :D
Shelly: Did you throw out some orange rind to get this phase? You couldn't done this well on Photoshop.
I bet he was eating CHEETO's..you can't get that orange off you, can you?????
Love the "Orangepoll"!
Perhaps it had the tips frosted, trying to impress. LOL
I actually researched this when I lived in the Alberta foothills, and saw a number of interesting pale birds. It's called leucism; similar to albinism only w/o the pink.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism
Lovely photo! Ummmmmmmm.......
Carrot and Sweet Potato soup with Tangerine suprise for afters.
Orange you glad you caught him with your camera!! Send that one into a birdee magazine!!
He is cute, maybe like children that eat carrots. Have you been feeding them carrots?
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Lynne - he really stood out in the "crowd" - lol!
Bren - These guys are pretty tame!
Benny & Patsy - I think you may be right!
Mildred - lol!!
Dawn - I love candy corn! She better not be hitting my stash!
Lanny - pumpkin is my favorite!
Gardener - thank you! I thought it was unusal...
Kathy B - it could be a rebellious stage -ha,ha!
Kostas - definitely loveable!
Jayne - thank you!
Eve - that is now her new name!lol!
Wendy - do you have one I can borrow? :O
Daisy - I'll ask her - lol!
Birdgirl - maybe they can hang out!! :)
Fishing guy - I'm just the one who gives them the thistle! :)
Retired Ones - I think Cheetos is like orange paint - ha,ha!
Hannibal - glad you like my "new bird species" - ha,ha!
Andrea - could be. My female redpolls are very concious of their looks!
Deborah - thanks for the info! Didn't even think of that!
Jenny - thats a lot of orange food!
Tina - LOL! That reminds me of a knock knock joke!
Leedra - I save my carrots for the bunnies. :0
Well wow, beautiful orange color there..
What a sweetie!
Cute! I like "Orangepoll". Bet you can tell that one from the others.
Odd, yet still beautiful! Great find!
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Wild picture. I have yet to see any species of Redpoll... gorgeous birds!
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