Sighting Record for Utah

Common name:	Common Redpoll
Scientific name:	[Acanthis flammea]
Date:	12/27/2015
Time:	9:30am
Length of time observed:	2 minutes
Number:	1
Age:	adult
Sex:
Location:	Croydon, Utah
County:	Morgan
Latilong:
Elevation:
Distance to bird:	50 feet
Optical equipment:	Nikon 10x42 Monarch Binoculars and Cannon Power Shot SX50HS camera
Weather:	very cold and sunny
Light Conditions:	bright
Description: Size of bird:	small finch
(Description:) Basic Shape:	Pine Siskin
(Description:) Overall Pattern:	brownish/gray, white, and red
(Description:) Bill Type:	small seed cracking
(Description:) Field Marks and Identifying Characteristics:	Small Pine Siskin shaped bird with yellow bill, black around base of bill to eye, red spot on forehead, reddish wash on breast, brownish/gray streaking on sides, brownish back, and white belly. The bird flew in a siskin or goldfinch type of flight. (see photos)
Song or call & method of delivery:	none
Behavior:	feeding on ground below feeder flew between three different feeder locations
Habitat:	backyard, a few bushes but most every thing is covered in 1 to 2 feet of snow
Similar species and how were they eliminated:	Pine Siskin, they do not have red, black on face or yellow bill American Goldfinch, they do not have streaking or red on them
Previous experience with this & similar species:	I have seen groups up Jeremy Ranch Road several different times in the last month. Also a few years back there were redpolls at our feeders almost everyday for over four months
References consulted:	none
Description from:	From photo(s) taken at the time of the sighting
Observer:	Weston Smith
Observer's address:	1375N 6800E Croydon, Utah 84018
Observer's e-mail address:	**
Other observers who independently identified this bird:	none
Date prepared:	12/27/2015
Additional material:	Photos
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