a new visitor

[turlough]

I had a new visitor at my feeders today, a Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes). I haven't seen one of those in at least fifteen years!

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Comments

[dewline]

Perfectly timed, too, to catch that "glare"!

[turlough]

He has a truely magnificent glare!

[shirebound]

Oh my, how wonderful. I've never seen a bird like that.

[dewline]

Nor have I!

[turlough]

I suspect they mostly keep to the forest because they're apparently quite common here.

[turlough]

They've apparently become quite common here the last ten years but I suspect they mostly keep to the forest.

[cmcmck]

A handsome bird!

[turlough]

They've such distinctive and elegant markings!

[pauraque]

Lovely!

[turlough]

A very stylish bird!

[darkcedars]

Very striking bird, congrats on your great photo too.

[turlough]

Thank you!

[northlands]

Wow, beautiful. Thank you for sharing!

[turlough]

It's such a striking bird!

[rodo]

Now that's a "what are you looking at" stare.

[turlough]

It has a truely magnificent glare :-D

[highlyeccentric]

I love and support him.

[turlough]

I love supporting the local bird life, it gives me so much prettiness to look at.

[yourlibrarian]

Cool sighting! These must not be common in our area either.

[turlough]

I read that they've become much more common here the last ten years or so but I suspect they mostly keep to the forest.

[pameladean]

Oh, what a handsome creature, and such a business-like bill! P.

[turlough]

They have such striking markings and yes, that is a very distinctive bill :-)

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Very pretty.

Re: Wow!

[turlough]

Such a striking bird!

[sparowe]

Very handsome! :D

[turlough]

They have such distinctive and elegant markings!

[kaishin108]

Wowza!! So beautiful.

[turlough]

It's such a handsome bird!

[adafrog]

Neat. :)

[turlough]

It was a fun suprise finding him there when I looked out the window that morning.

[nanila]

That is a Serious Face. 😄

[turlough]

He knows exactly what he wants and he's going to get it!!