Not much going on here. But then I see the same from most of the blogs I follow. Yep, it that time of the year when everything is winding down for the long sleep. For me, November the month of the year that I dislike the most. Shorter days and a whole lot of gray skies dominate the month. Just the first week and I would love to see a little sun each day. I'd settle for just an hour or two.
On the birding front, not much has changed there either. I have seen a few more 1st year birds particularly in the finches.
The pictures below are what I'm pretty sure is a 1st year Purple Finch. Note the dark breast stripes which is found in the Purple compared to lighter breast markings in the House Finch. Since I have both here, I may be mistaken in the ID.
I also noted that this young bird has one white/clear toenail...interesting.
On the birding front, not much has changed there either. I have seen a few more 1st year birds particularly in the finches.
The pictures below are what I'm pretty sure is a 1st year Purple Finch. Note the dark breast stripes which is found in the Purple compared to lighter breast markings in the House Finch. Since I have both here, I may be mistaken in the ID.
I also noted that this young bird has one white/clear toenail...interesting.
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Nice. I am getting lots of robins and yellow rumped warblers for some reason.
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