House Finch
Mar 14, 2024 09:11:25 #
A friend identifies this as a House Finch. Taken in Eastern South Dakota.
Dennis
Dennis
Mar 14, 2024 10:12:02 #
Nice shot. Love the saturation on the bird. Is this a crop? My complaint would be that the bird is right in the middle of the frame. Would love to see him a bit more to the left and him placed a little higher in the frame in that he is looking down at you. The fact that the bird is looking right at you creating the interaction between the viewer and the bird adds a bunch to the image. Well done!
Mar 14, 2024 10:28:38 #
dennis2146 wrote:
A friend identifies this as a House Finch. Taken in Eastern South Dakota.
Dennis
Dennis
Fantastic set!!! Dennis
Mar 14, 2024 10:31:02 #
Mar 14, 2024 10:52:09 #
Mar 14, 2024 11:07:47 #
dennis2146 wrote:
A friend identifies this as a House Finch. Taken in Eastern South Dakota.
Dennis
Dennis
Hi Dennis,
It's actually a House Sparrow. Introduced into New York about 1850, it's [population soon exploded and it's found almost everywhere. It's considered invasive and is not protected under any state or federal laws.
Alton
Mar 14, 2024 11:56:52 #
Mar 14, 2024 12:53:22 #
Nalu wrote:
Nice shot. Love the saturation on the bird. Is this a crop? My complaint would be that the bird is right in the middle of the frame. Would love to see him a bit more to the left and him placed a little higher in the frame in that he is looking down at you. The fact that the bird is looking right at you creating the interaction between the viewer and the bird adds a bunch to the image. Well done!
Thanks very much Nalu. I appreciate your fine comments. Yes it is a crop and about as good as I can get for composition. He was surrounded by other branches I needed/wanted to avoid. Also I tend to crop leaving space toward where the subject is looking.
Thanks,
Dennis
Mar 14, 2024 12:54:14 #
[quote=Mr. B]Hi Dennis,
It's actually a House Sparrow. Introduced into New York about 1850, it's [population soon exploded and it's found almost everywhere. It's considered invasive and is not protected under any state or federal laws.
Alton[/quote]
Yep, House Sparrow. Introduced from England by someone who wanted to have all of the birds mentioned by Shakespear to be in America! Starlings anyone!
Nice shots too, Dennis!
It's actually a House Sparrow. Introduced into New York about 1850, it's [population soon exploded and it's found almost everywhere. It's considered invasive and is not protected under any state or federal laws.
Alton[/quote]
Yep, House Sparrow. Introduced from England by someone who wanted to have all of the birds mentioned by Shakespear to be in America! Starlings anyone!
Nice shots too, Dennis!
Mar 14, 2024 12:54:30 #
Manglesphoto wrote:
Fantastic set!!! Dennis
Thank you very much Frank. Your fine comments are always appreciated.
Dennis
Mar 14, 2024 12:55:23 #
jdtonkinson wrote:
Great shots Dennis
Thank you very much JD for stopping by to take a look.
Dennis
Mar 14, 2024 12:56:07 #
NMGal wrote:
Very nice.
Thank you very much NMGal. I always appreciate your comments.
Dennis
Mar 14, 2024 12:59:39 #
[quote=Mr. B]Hi Dennis,
It's actually a House Sparrow. Introduced into New York about 1850, it's [population soon exploded and it's found almost everywhere. It's considered invasive and is not protected under any state or federal laws.
Alton[/quote]
Thank you very much Mr. B. I appreciate your comments.
I sent the picture to a friend, a pretty avid birder who said he looked it up and it was a House Finch. No offense but I will let you and him argue it out.
Personally I won’t remember the next time anyway.
Thanks again,
Dennis
It's actually a House Sparrow. Introduced into New York about 1850, it's [population soon exploded and it's found almost everywhere. It's considered invasive and is not protected under any state or federal laws.
Alton[/quote]
Thank you very much Mr. B. I appreciate your comments.
I sent the picture to a friend, a pretty avid birder who said he looked it up and it was a House Finch. No offense but I will let you and him argue it out.
Personally I won’t remember the next time anyway.
Thanks again,
Dennis
Mar 14, 2024 13:00:26 #
kpmac wrote:
Yep. House Sparrow. Nice images, too.
Thank you very much kpmac. You already know I value your comments.
Dennis
Mar 14, 2024 13:03:44 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Yep, House Sparrow. Introduced from England by someone who wanted to have all of the birds mentioned by Shakespear to be in America! Starlings anyone!
Nice shots too, Dennis!
Nice shots too, Dennis!
Sound great Chief. As a kid I did the best I could to eliminate them with BB guns, .22 rifles and various shotguns. The State of NY wouldn’t allow kids to buy dynamite back then. 🙄🤓🤥🥲👍
I appreciate your comments.
Dennis
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