| Small bird with red spot on forehead, stout body, cone-shaped bill
Tall shrub thickets, mixed broadleaf-conifer forests; nests in alder or willow shrubs.
Seeds of birch, willow, aspen, alder and other plants; also insects in summer
Merlins, boreal and short-eared owls, sharp-shinned hawks, shrikes; weasels and squirrels may prey on eggs.
Redpolls store food in throat pouches on the back of their necks to digest during long winter nights. They are nomadic, moving from place to place.
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