Female Cassin's FinchFemale Cassin’s Finch – Nikon D300, f8, 1/800, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light

Just a simple post this morning of a female Cassin’s Finch I photographed last May in Clark County, Idaho. She is much duller than the male Cassin’s Finches are but I think she is beautiful just the same.

Last Saturday I posted a Pine Siskin which looks similar to this female Cassin’s Finch but the bill on a Cassin’s Finch female is much larger and thicker than a Pine Siskin’s and female Cassin’s Finches will not show any yellow on the wingbars. There are other differences in plumage patterns as well.

I hope that this year I can get a photograph of a male and female in the same frame but the day I photographed this one she was the only Cassin’s Finch in sight.

Life is good.

Mia

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