{"id":21936,"date":"2015-04-14T06:03:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T12:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=21936"},"modified":"2024-05-21T03:51:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T08:51:48","slug":"female-cassins-finch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2015\/04\/14\/female-cassins-finch\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Cassin’s Finch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"FemaleFemale Cassin’s Finch – Nikon D300, f8, 1\/800, ISO 400, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/a> are but I think she is beautiful just the same.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday I posted a Pine Siskin<\/span><\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Cassin’s Finch photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just a simple post this morning of a female Cassin’s Finch I photographed last May in Clark County, Idaho. 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