Poor Spidey Work Hard and Wind Tear Down Most of the Web!
Dec 14, 2021 15:41:13 #
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
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
Dec 14, 2021 22:56:17 #
Dec 14, 2021 23:10:40 #
Dec 15, 2021 13:53:26 #
robertjerl wrote:
My young finch seems to be feeling sorry for the h... (show quote)
Good photo. Yes, it's hard to distinguish many of the Sparrows, especially youngsters. I sometimes give up and call them Little Brown Birds.
Dec 15, 2021 14:38:25 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Good photo. Yes, it's hard to distinguish many of the Sparrows, especially youngsters. I sometimes give up and call them Little Brown Birds.
Thanks
Lots of LBBs - I get a couple of kinds of finch, two or three kinds of sparrow and several others most of the year and migration time and winter a few other types. I think my yard and its feeders are in the "West Coast Migration Guide" for LBBs. Then throw in some that are other colors.
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