Thanks Guys!....
This image was taken on 25th November...being the first 'immature' male Bullfinch that I'd ever laid eyes on! [/I]
LC Hi,
I found your comments quite interesting!..I've rustled up a few more images of non-adult males, and look forward to your assessment... and, would I be right in assuming that all non-adult males, do not have a grey alula... and that adult females can have a rose tint to the breast and flanks as shown below?
cheers
Lindsay Hi,
I have almost zero experience of juv/imm.Bullfinch! That said...over the years I've seen a reasonable number of adults, and all my observations of the female gender have been distinctly darker and greyer (obviously so!). I entertain the idea that...had I seen a bird as depicted in my shots...I would have remembered the 'pinky' wash to the underparts..what do others think?