Let me out

These little Common Redpolls are common in Alberta from October to April, but are predictably unpredictable as far as numbers are concerned. This bird was one of a flock that was flying around a farm area south of Calgary. It happened to land on this piece of farm equipment. I would guess that this is a female, as the males tend to have pinkish breasts.

Yesterday, I was out from 6:10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., taking part in a Christmas Bird Count on the Cochrane Reserve, north-west of Calgary. Not sure of the exact number of bird species we saw, but it was around 23.