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Poor Spidey Work Hard and Wind Tear Down Most of the Web!
Dec 14, 2021 15:39:15   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
My young finch seems to be feeling sorry for the hard working spider(s) whose web is down to just a few strands after a very windy day.
This is probably a young House Finch, a late season baby (here in So Cal plants and animals somethings get confused over what time of year it is-last week someone posted a picture of a pair of Black Swans with a baby at the "walking fluff ball" stage) but it could be a Cassin's Finch. We have a smallish "year around area" of them in the Inland Empire and the whole IE is a wintering area for them. The Cassin's keep the round/chunky body and short notched tails as adults while the House Finches get a leaner look and the tails become longer and square tipped as adults.
Of course we also have Purple Finches and Pine Siskins in the area and their immature and females have a very similar look.

90D, Tamron 150-600 G2 @ 600, 1/640 @ f/9.0, ISO-2000
Tripod out door, range 35' or so, back lighting by bright afternoon sun with fill flash using high speed sync


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Dec 14, 2021 16:09:19   #
angler Loc: StHelens England
 
Excellent shot.

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Dec 14, 2021 16:20:30   #
NMGal Loc: NE NM
 
Beautiful.

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Dec 14, 2021 16:29:15   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
robertjerl wrote:
My young finch seems to be feeling sorry for the hard working spider(s) whose web is down to just a few strands after a very windy day.
This is probably a young House Finch, a late season baby (here in So Cal plants and animals somethings get confused over what time of year it is-last week someone posted a picture of a pair of Black Swans with a baby at the "walking fluff ball" stage) but it could be a Cassin's Finch. We have a smallish "year around area" of them in the Inland Empire and the whole IE is a wintering area for them. The Cassin's keep the round/chunky body and short notched tails as adults while the House Finches get a leaner look and the tails become longer and square tipped as adults.
Of course we also have Purple Finches and Pine Siskins in the area and their immature and females have a very similar look.

90D, Tamron 150-600 G2 @ 600, 1/640 @ f/9.0, ISO-2000
Tripod out door, range 35' or so, back lighting by bright afternoon sun with fill flash using high speed sync
My young finch seems to be feeling sorry for the h... (show quote)



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Dec 14, 2021 20:47:36   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
angler wrote:
Excellent shot.


Thank you

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Dec 16, 2021 12:00:12   #
Cwilson341 Loc: Central Florida
 
Beautiful capture!

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Dec 16, 2021 12:32:02   #
robertjerl Loc: Corona, California
 
Cwilson341 wrote:
Beautiful capture!


Thanks very much

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