Nesting Redpoll

It must be the day for me to post other people's photos. Indigo Sweetwater, that passionate patron of northern blogs, has taken a couple of great photos of a nesting Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea), at let me know after I bemoaned the fact that my son has seen one up here, but I've yet to. Check out this little beauty.

And you know, I don't know how much more "northern" this could get, but not only is the redpoll an Arctic nesting bird, but this one has built her nest in a caribou skull/antler sitting on a building rail.

Thanks Indigo.