During the later part of October, I started seeing the Common Redpolls. You gotta love these amazing finches, they nest in the Arctic and come southward when food is scarce. It’s remarkable how they can survive the cold Canadian winters with their small size. When I got this picture, there were three of them, including another member of the Finches, a Pine Siskin. The most I have seen so far in one day, were just over 150 individuals. I was focused on one of the redpoll foraging on a shrub branch, taking my time to get a few good pictures. They are very skittish, if one flies, they all fly, so no quick movements. I was about five meters away and kept waiting for the right moment to take its pictures. Slowly moving left or right to get the right background as well. That day I hiked about 25 kilometers, and this was my best chance of going home with some decent pictures for the day. I must have spent half an hour near the four birds that day, but well rewarded when I got home and had a better look at the images I got. Here’s the best one from the day.
