Silence #1 is a photograph by Darren Fisher which was uploaded on May 4th, 2016.
Silence #1
A beautiful image of a lone bird resting on a branch with gorgeous evening light in the background. I love this time of year and the colors that it... more
Title
Silence #1
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
A beautiful image of a lone bird resting on a branch with gorgeous evening light in the background. I love this time of year and the colors that it produces. This little lady is part of the Finch family.
The smallest "classical" true finches are the Andean siskin (Spinus spinescens) at as little as 9.5 cm (3.8 in) and the lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) at as little as 8 g (0.28 oz). The largest species is probably the collared grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis) at up to 24 cm (9.4 in) and 83 g (2.9 oz), although larger lengths, to 25.5 cm (10.0 in) in the pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator), and weights, to 86.1 g (3.04 oz) in the evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertinus), have been recorded in species which are slightly smaller on average.[15][16] They typically have strong, stubby beaks, which in some species can be quite large; however, Hawaiian honeycreepers are famous for the wide range of bill shapes and sizes brought about by adaptive radiation. All true finches have 9 primary remiges and 12 rectrices. The basic plumage colour is brownish, sometimes greenish; many have considerable amounts of black, while white plumage is generally absent except as wing-bars or other signalling marks. Bright yellow and red carotenoid pigments are commonplace in this family, and thus blue structural colours are rather rare, as the yellow pigments turn the blue color into green. Many, but by no means all true finches have strong sexual dichromatism, the females typically lacking the bright carotenoid markings of males. Finches are typically inhabitants of well-wooded areas, but some can be found on mountains or even in deserts. They are primarily granivorous, but euphoniines include considerable amounts of arthropods and berries in their diet, and Hawaiian honeycreepers evolved to utilize a wide range of food sources, including nectar. The diet of Fringillidae nestlings includes a varying amount of small arthropods. True finches have a bouncing flight like most small passeri
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May 4th, 2016
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Anita Faye
Spectacular glowing capture Darren! Featured on Poetic Poultry! http://fineartamerica.com/groups/poetic-poultry-.html
Joy Patzner
This looks like a female house finch. When I was growing up I found one that had fallen out of the nest. It was just fluff. My mother became her mother and she lived with us for 10 years. She flew all over the room and would land on our fingers or head. Good memories and a great photograph!