Birdwatching - 1926 🐦

🦉 The Arctic redpoll or hoary redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)

• Acanthis in ancient Greek. mythology daughter of Autonous and sister Acanthus; when Acanthis sobbed over the murdered Acanthus, the gods turned her into a bird.
• hornemanni Jens Wilken Hornemann (1770–1841), Danish botanist

This species of redpoll is much less common than common redpolls. And in the chaos, when you are trying to photograph actively moving birds, you may not even be able to identify the species. And the main difference between this species is the appearance of the plumage, which is whiter. This is especially noticeable on the lower body.

But otherwise these are the same redpolls. Moreover, they can meet in a common flock with common redpolls, which makes their identification even more difficult.
They also arrive at the end of October, when frosts are just beginning.