Hi folks. I was watching some birds on a tray feeder recently -some redpolls, tree sparrows, siskins and a few house sparrows. One redpoll looked suspiciously like a hoary. While I've definitely seen 3 hoaries this winter, I haven't yet seen enough to feel really confident in positively identifying one. Needless to say the house sparrows were bullying the other birds, and all the other birds soon scattered. All but one - the "hoary" It would have none of the sparrows' bullying and, in fact, was quite aggressive toward them. It charged at them and caused THEM to flee. I was quite surprised by this so my question is this - do hoary redpolls tend to be more aggressive than common redpolls? Might this be another "mark" to help identify one? Thanks for the help. Pete Sar
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