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Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 14:47 on 3rd February 2011 I do love the Owl, Cathy. This one looks like our Great-horned owl that we get here. When I'm lucky, we even get it in our tree or the neighbours tree. They are huge! Picture by Gary Maddison
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Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 04:27 on 7th February 2011 |
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 19:02 on 9th March 2011 |
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 19:12 on 9th March 2011 |
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 04:43 on 10th March 2011 |
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 17:02 on 10th March 2011 |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 19:18 on 12th March 2011 He could be a chaffinch, Cathy, although I'm not completely up on my Old World birds. But I photographed one in Ireland that looked a lot like this one and my Audubon buddy told me he was a chaffinch.
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Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 20:47 on 12th March 2011 Ruth is right, this a male Chaffinch. The female is rather dull in comparison, as often happens in the bird world (but NOT the human world). |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 20:48 on 12th March 2011 Hi Sue!! I know you'd know. Hope all is well up there in NV.
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cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 20:50 on 12th March 2011 Thanks Sue. It looked a lot like the bullfinch a few pictures higher. Must be difficult to tell them apart in the wild! |