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Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Photo by Craig Stone
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Field Notes

Description:

Very active male Chaffinch hopping along the foreshore in Queenstown, New Zealand.

Notes:

This male was very active 10:00am, hoping along looking for any crumbs that might have been left behind by people.

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Comments (2)
hayde
Amazing photos and a lovely bird. Congrats!
KarenL
Another of my favorite British feeder birds - I didn't realize they are resident in NZ too

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PublishedSeptember 25, 2011

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