February 10, 2006
Hawfinch heaven
Today the sun finally shone, so Romain (birder in my department, who has been instrumental in teaching me French birding jargon) and I decided to have another digiscoping session with our local Hawfinches. This gorgeous male landed reasonably close to me and sat in a treetop bathed in the evening light - lovely!
Note the lack of dark markings around the eye and the overall drabness of the female in comparison.
In the last of the light a different Brambling from the previous day came in a little closer.
Le campus est vraiment excellent pour les fringillidés!
Posted by rjhall at February 10, 2006 6:33 PM