My heart is like a singing bird
My heart is like a singing bird.
A Christina Rossetti Quotation
Cassins Finch (female) Have you seen this bird?
Cassin’s Finch
The Cassin’s Finch, Carpodacus cassinii, is a medium-sized finch of the Rosefinch genus.
Cassin’s Finches are found from British Columbia and Alberta to Zacatecas and San Luis Potos. Their breeding habitat is coniferous forest in mountains of western North America as far south as northern New Mexico and Arizona; also Southern California near Baja California. They nest in a large conifer. They move to lower elevations in winter.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 6 inches
• Conical bill
• Short, forked tail
• Streaked undertail coverts
• Distinctive call note often given in flight
Male:
• Purplish-red head, breast, back and rump
• Streaked back
• Brown wings and tail
• Immature male resembles female
Female:
• Brown crown and cheek patch contrasting with pale supercilium and malar streak
• Heavily streaked underparts
• Brown upperparts
Except during the nesting season, extending from May to July, Cassin’s Finches are generally found in flocks.
Throughout most of the year members of this species are vegetarians, living largely on buds, berries, and seeds, particularly those of conifers. The birds forage to a large extent on the ground, but also in trees
This bird was named after John Cassin, who was a curator at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences.
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If I keep a green bough in my heart…
If I keep a green bough in my heart, then the singing bird will come.
An old Chinese proverb
Have you spotted a Magnificent Frigatebird?
Magnificent Frigatebird
The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) was sometimes previously known as Man O’War, reflecting its rakish lines, speed, and aerial piracy of other birds.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 35 inches Wingspan: 90 inches
• Very large
• Chases other birds to steal their prey
• Effortlessly glides on long, pointed wings and long, forked tail
• Long, hooked bill
Adult male
• Entirely black plumage
• Red, inflatable throat sac
Adult female
• White breast
• Remainder of plumage black
Immature
• White head and breast
• Remainder of plumage black
With its huge size, long, pointed wings and forked tail the frigatebird is instantly recognizable even at long distances. It is most often seen soaring over coastal areas.
This Frigatebird is widespread in the tropical Atlantic, breeding colonially in trees in Florida, the Caribbean and Cape Verde Islands. It also breeds along the Pacific coast of the Americas from Mexico to Ecuador including the Galapagos Islands.
It has occurred as a vagrant as far from its normal range as the Isle of Man, Denmark, Spain, England, and British Columbia.
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