Hi, i took this shot in El Polin Spring, Prisideo, San Francisco last week, since this site has both purple finch and pine siskin, want to make sure which one is this.
http://bilalphotos.c...gh/_MG_4511.JPG
http://bilalphotos.c...gh/_MG_4514.JPG
Thanks
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 05:49 AM
Pine Siskin.
New Year's Resolutions:
Get my lifelist to 300 (currently 293)
Finally get Mountain Quail and Vesper Sparrow
Top my previous single year best (2011-253) I'm at 193 as of 5/12.
Latest Lifer(s):Harris's Sparrow, Oka Ponds, Campbell, CA, 1/1/13
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Bill1969
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 05:51 AM
thanks.. was it the beak?
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 06:29 AM
Yeah.
New Year's Resolutions:
Get my lifelist to 300 (currently 293)
Finally get Mountain Quail and Vesper Sparrow
Top my previous single year best (2011-253) I'm at 193 as of 5/12.
Latest Lifer(s):Harris's Sparrow, Oka Ponds, Campbell, CA, 1/1/13
Favorite Recent Bird(s):Blue-winged Teal (Pair), Peregrine Falcon, Sanderling (3),Franklin's Gull (9), Modesto Wastewater Treatment Facility, Modesto, CA, 5/12/13, MacGillivray's Warber, Adair Rd., Modesto, CA, 5/5/13, Long-eared Owl, Mercy Hot Springs, Fresno County, CA, 4/29/13, Lawrwnce's Goldfinch, Panoche Shool, San Benito County, CA, 4/29/13,Lawrwnce's Goldfinch, McHenry Rec Area, Escalon, CA, 4/21/13, Snowy Plover, Modesto Water Treatment Plant, Modesto, CA, 4/14/13, Blue-winged Teal, Redhead, San Luis NWR, Merced County, CA, 3/11/13, Eurasian Wigeon, American Bittern, Santa Fe Grade Rd., Merced County,, CA, 3/9/13
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Posted 28 April 2012 - 11:08 AM
Yes, pine siskin has a thinner, sharp bill, the purple has a thicker, less sharp bill.
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