It’s the first day of the City Nature Challenge!

This weekend, try to observe as many wild plants and animals in your neighborhood as you can, especially in urban areas.

Here are some #birds I spotted on a late afternoon walk today, including a sparrow, one of many many finches, two doves, and what I think might be two blackbirds (yes, including the gray one).

#nature

More info: City Nature Challenge

House Sparrow on iNaturalist
Eurasian Collared-Dove (on post) on iNaturalist
Eurasian Collared-Dove (on cable) On iNaturalist
Brewer’s Blackbird (on post) on iNaturalist
Brewer’s Blackbird (on cable) on iNaturalist

Two finches spotted in the empty greenbelt below a line of transmission towers.

Two finches spotted in the empty greenbelt below a line of transmission towers. They’re several meters apart, though I took the photos from the same spot on the sidewalk, and the female chased a sparrow away when she landed.

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Two finches spotted in the empty greenbelt below a line of transmission towers.

Two finches spotted in the empty greenbelt below a line of transmission towers.

On Photog.Social

Also you can really see the difference between the “look at me!” coloring on the male finch and the camouflage coloring on the female.

On Photog.Social
Male finch on iNaturalist
Female finch on iNaturalist

Some more house finches and a hummingbird.

Some more house finches and a hummingbird. Hummingbirds always look weird to me when they’re perched.

#photo #birds #finch #HouseFinch #hummingbird #nature

On Photog.Social
Finch (in grass) on Flickr

I must have seen over a dozen house finches on a very short walk today. I assume there’s a nest or several in the area.

Hummingbird on iNaturalist
Finch (on wire) on iNaturalist
Finch (in grass) on iNaturalist

Finally recovered enough from the flu to get out for a walk in the neighborhood (while that’s still an option).

Finally recovered enough from the flu to get out for a walk in the neighborhood (while that’s still an option).

I think this first bird (possibly a goldfinch?) was trying to practice social distancing, though the crow in the third photo seems to be doing a better job. The house finch was such a bright red that I thought it had to be another kind of bird until I looked at the photos.

#photo #birds #nature #finch #HouseFinch #goldfinch #crow

On Photog.Social
Expanded on K2R

Goldfinch(?) on iNaturalist
House Finch on iNaturalist