finch

Taken in a Lincoln, CA, USA back yard at approximately 5m through a double-pane window. Male at left, female at right.

Taken in a Lincoln, CA, USA back yard at approximately 5m through a double-pane window.

Taken in a Lincoln, CA, USA back yard at approximately 5m through a double-pane window.

Another one from a dismal day.

This is a little Juvie male, just starting to get a little red on his chest and head.

This one was in the shade, no flash used.

Painting done using watercolours

In some light the color is orange, sometimes red and then really red.

Probably an hybridisation (Coryphospingus pileatus x Coryphospingus cucullatus).

NOt sure if it is a house finch or purple finch. This is the only one I have seen at my feeder this year

A coupple taking a shower.

Male House Finch

Its twittering and wheezing song, and flash of yellow and green as it flies, make this finch a truly colourful character. Nesting in a garden conifer, or feasting on black sunflower seeds, it is a regular garden visitor, able to take advantage of food in rural and urban gardens. Although quite...

Dunnock or Hedge sparrow

Taken near the village of Clara Vale Northumberland ISO1600

.....more from the rain and snow day.

House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis) Eleven extant subspecies are recognized. Only subspecies frontalis is mapped for Arizona. Photographed in Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA. Desert mountain valley and Sonoita Creek riparian at ca. 1,233 m (4,044 ft) elevation.

Fight for food - an eternal struggle. The Sparrow on the right eventually took the seed away from the Finch on the left.