#Eurasian Chaffinch

[hellsitegenetics]

Has anyone tried to send you a carefully composed ask before that specifically contains the genome of something they intend?

Now you'd think that by sending this ask, I may have done this very thing. But that would be too much effort for me.

Or is it....

REVEAL THE BEAST

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Closest match: Fringilla coelebs genome assembly, chromosome: 8 Common name: Eurasian chaffinch

[heather-rajendran]

Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) (male) photo I took 04/05/2024, Wintersett, West Yorkshire, UK

[wailveid]

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[fictionalred-photos]

Chaffinch in the botanical gardens of Edinburgh

[ninevehsage]

There are 37 confirmed bird species on my list, that I've seen visiting in our yard. Here are few visitors from today (April 19th, 2024) and my newest confirmed bird species, Dunnock (Rautiainen) is in the last photo! 🥰

Other birds in the photos are a young Blackbird (nuori Mustarastas), Blue tit (Sinitiainen), Eurasian chaffinch (Peippo) and European robin (Punarinta).

We also had Western jackdaws (Naakkoja), Eurasian siskins (Vihervarpusia), Willow tits (Hömötiaisia), Great tits (Talitiaisia), Eurasian tree sparrows (Pikkuvarpusia), at least one Common redpoll (Urpiainen) and a Great spotted woodpecker visiting us today. Oh and I also saw a Fieldfare (Räkättirastas) and a Redwing (Ounakylkirastas) pecking under bushes nearby our house. 😁

I stood a moment outside close by the birdfeeder (apple tree) and just enjoyed watching and listening all the birds. Lovely day untill it started snowing again ❄️❄️❄️ Poor birds that came here too early from someplace warm. It is cold out there now, when it's -4°C and the wind makes it feel much colder than it is. 🥶🙁

[atamagaitai]

It´s Cold - Es ist kalt:-)

Pascha likes to sit on the radiator in the kitchen. I think he looks like a "slug" but a cute one:-)

[michaelnordeman]

Eurasian Red Squirrel/ekorre, Blue Tit/blåmes, Common Chaffinch/bofink and Western Honey Bee/honungsbi. Värmland, Sweden (September 22, 2024).

[xiphosuras]

Winter feast

[scottpartridge]

Eurasian Chaffinch, Fringilla Coelebs

[whatsthebird]

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[uwmspeccoll]

Feathursday Finches

Here are some birds from the family Fringillidae, illustrated in black-and-white and hand-colored wood engravings by British author and wood engraver Eric Fitch Daglish (1892-1966) from his 1948 publication Birds of the British Isles, published in London by J. M. Dent & Sons in 1948 in a limited edition of 1500 copies. From top to bottom:

Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

Twite (Linaria flavirostris)

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)

Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Red Crossbill or Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)

European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)

Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)

European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Birds of the British Isles is a donation from our friend, Wisconsin wood engraver Tony Drehfal.

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[lenny-shambles]

Doctors as British bird types because UK wildlife slaps and why not

1st Doctor - Barnacle goose

2nd Doctor - White-throated dipper

3rd Doctor - European green woodpecker

4th Doctor - Egyptian goose

5th Doctor - Willow warbler

6th Doctor - Ring-necked Pheasant

7th Doctor - Common chaffinch

8th Doctor - Grey heron

War Doctor - Rough-legged buzzard

9th Doctor - Eurasian magpie

10th Doctor - Herring gull

11th Doctor - White wagtail

12th Doctor - Long-eared owl

13th Doctor - Eurasian blue tit

14th Doctor - Black-headed gull

15th Doctor - Canada goose

[frogofalltime]

@luneyjuney asked me for my top 100 birds and i am extremely autistic so. here yall go

feral pigeon (if you even slightly know me you will be aware of this. i have a whole army of pigeon friends in my city and they are my favourite birds of all time)

wandering albatross (widest wingspan of all extant birds, fly incredibly long distances, hella cool)

sparrowhawk (so cool and also the name of the main character in earthsea)

african penguin (i became obsessed with them as a kid because i didn't know penguins could live in warm places)

great crested grebe (hella cool, also i saw one in real life a few weeks ago !!)

woodpigeon (they are always cooing outside my grandparents' house and it feels like home when i hear them)

bee hummingbird (tiny. adorable. the world's smallest bird)

nightjar (weird big mouths, i love them)

carrion crow (extremely smart and very emo)

magpie (they steal stuff they find on the floor, just like me fr)

mourning dove (name a better sound than the mourning dove's song, i'll wait)

green pigeon (my favourite colour and my favourite bird, what else do you want)

fairy wren (so small !! so cute !!)

tailorbird (they sew leaves together to make their nests, honestly the coolest thing ever)

turtle dove (pretty pretty pretty)

speckled pigeon (SO PRETTY AND I LOVE THEM)

little penguin (they look like babies !!!!)

barn owl (their faces are so lovely. i want to look like a barn owl in my next life)

spotted woodpecker (i saw one last summer !! i like the noise they make)

cockatiel (pikachu looking cheeks)

blue tit (they're so pretty and cute and i like their song !)

european robin (friendly little guys with pretty red bellies, and the loveliest song you've ever heard)

eurasian wren (small and round and the way they hop makes me smile)

collared dove (another beautiful pigeon-related bird)

kiwi (they have a special place in my heart thanks to a really sad video i watched in eight grade)

pekin duck (big and white with orange beaks and feet, very iconic)

gouldian finch (so pretty and i wanted to change my name to finch when i was younger)

emerald dove (green wings !!! and pigeon-adjacent !!!)

little grebe (just a baby. i have seen them a few times and they are so sweet)

mistle thrush (they're so beautiful !! i see them regularly in local parks)

wagtail (i like watching them perch around the river wagging their tails)

chaffinch (another lovely finch species !)

elf owl (world's smallest owl !!!)

bleeding heart dove (tragic in a beautiful way)

crowned pigeon (so beautiful, imagine a pigeon wearing the most splendid crown you've ever seen)

rosy-faced lovebird (couple goals fr)

coot (i like their funny webbed feet)

diamond dove (pretty !!!!)

orpington chicken (fluffy and big and make me feel cosy)

little owl (another tiny guy !!)

cockatoo (i made friends with one as a kid, she was so cool)

silkie chicken (so soft and beautiful)

hoopoe (i refuse to believe this is not a pokémon)

raven (big, black, smart, awesome)

mexican violetear (they're so pretty aaaa what shiny colourful feathers !)

great egret (majestic)

java sparrow (we studied them last year, it's funny how they are extinct in their native habitat but are thriving in their new temple homes)

mallard duck (the most common ducks that you see everywhere, i love them)

bowerbird (becky lemme smash)

house sparrow (cute little guys that live in the garden, we call them The Gang)

puffin (i like their beaks)

kakapo (big green potato bird)

potoo (they're so weird !! i love them !!)

grey heron (every time i see one it feels like a good omen)

red-crowned crane (the iconic japanese crane that i like to make origami of)

swallows (cool forked tails)

ringneck parakeet (they're so awesome !)

long tailed widowbird (longest tail you've ever seen, actually pretty ridiculous)

pochard (adorable little duck species)

peafowl (of course, i mean look at them)

mandarin duck (their plumage is so ornate !!! i see them in the park a lot !!!)

european starling (they're so common but so cool ! there's a family of them that live outside my window and i like to greet them every time i go outside)

fairy penguin (tiny tiny tiny)

bittern (pretty rare and make a great noise)

blue bird of paradise (exactly what it sounds like)

peregrine falcon (honestly these should be higher on the list they're awesome)

ruff (they have really interesting sexual dynamics, some of the males look exactly like females while others look starkly different, look them up)

oilbird (there's a picture of them with their mouths wide open in one of my bird books and it made me fall in love)

chiffchaff (they make such a cool noise, hence the name)

kingfisher (i think i saw one once as a kid, truly fantastic creatures)

red kite (i see them flying overhead sometimes, very cool birds of prey)

eastern bluebird (so pretty ! i wish we had them in the uk)

amazon parrot (hella intelligent and awesome)

frogmouth (i like frogs, and they look so goofy)

white emu (i saw one last summer, very cool)

grey parrot (apollo good bird !)

european blackbird (very common here, with a very memorable song. there's one outside my window that stays awake at night and sings to me when i get home late)

skylark (allouette gentil allouette)

blue jay (another cool species i wish we had in the uk)

waxwing (very pretty !)

mockingbird (they're so smart, they can mimic noises really well)

white hawk (the coolest hawk species in my opinion)

spoonbill (their beaks look like spoons)

nightingale (sang in berkeley square)

snow goose (the same reason i like pekin ducks; they just look so perfect, like yea that's a Goose alright)

chinstrap penguin (gay !!!!!!! look up roy and silo, you won't regret it)

cormorant (i like the way they display their wings, so magnificent)

house martin (they have a symbiotic relationship with humans, very cool)

sandpiper (i like the way they run)

tufted duck (cute little tuft on their heads)

fairy pitta (oh they are gorgeous)

great tit (they have regional accents, but they all have a two-note song which is very recognisable, there was one that sang nonstop in my parents' garden one year and we became quite fond of him)

shoebill (people say they're terrifying, but i think they're really cool, despite the creepiness)

blue footed booby (silly little guys that do a goofy tap dance with their bright blue feet)

red-billed scythebill (long ass curved beak)

ostrich (of course they had to be on the list somewhere, enormous speedy bois)

painted bunting (colourful and spectacular)

cactus wren (they make holes in cactus stems to live inside and keep cool ! very smart !)

harrier hawk (rather amazing bird of prey)

common swift (they're so fast, and i love watching them fly in the spring and summer)

[aisphotostuff]

Eurasian chaffinch Norfolk Woodland by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: The chaffinch is one of the most common bird species in the UK and one of the top 10 most reported birds in Garden BirdWatch gardens. In Britain, the highest breeding densities are found in southern, central and eastern England, and on upland edges in northern England and Scotland.Despite being found in many different habitats, chaffinches were originally deciduous woodland birds. They have adapted to a range of habitats, especially where suitable trees and shrubs occur for nesting and these days are just as likely to be found in gardens, farmland hedgerows and parks.

[gavroche-le-moineau]

Bird time! As a certified Bird Nerd I loved all the references to bird species in this chapter so I figured I would show them off in case you want a visual in your mind.

To try to figure out exactly which species are mentioned (even though I know Hugo was not concerned with what genus and species he was referring to), I looked up the frequency of bird species seen in the Luxembourg Gardens in the first quarter of June on eBird! Granted, I have no idea how much avian diversity has changed in the city of Paris from the 1800s to now, but I don't know my European species very well so this was a huge help.

1. "fauvettes" / "linnets" According to wikipedia, "fauvette" is generally agreed to refer to the family Sylviidae , specifically the genus Sylvia, though it can refer to other passerine species. "Linnet," meanwhile, seems to refer to the family Fringillidæ (true finches). I'm going to go with the original French and say that these are what in English we would call "warblers" rather than finches. The only member of the genus Sylvia seen in the Luxembourg Gardens in early June on eBird is the Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) (pictured). The other Sylvia species seen in the gardens but more rarely is the Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin).

2. "passereaux" / "sparrows" In ornithology, "passeraux" in English would be "passerines" which is the biggest order of birds, comprising about half of all bird species! However, the TLFi states that "passereau" can be a synonym for "moineau," or "sparrow." So I think Hapgood is correct in that translation and we can narrow down the species a bit. The only sparrow that is seen in the Luxembourg Gardens at any time of year is the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus).

3. "pique-bois" / "woodpeckers" Finally a straight-forward translation! According to eBird data, there are two species of woodpeckers seen in the Luxembourg Gardens. The only one seen at the correct time of year is the Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) (pictured), although the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor) has been seen just a little earlier in the year.

4. "les hirondelles" / "the swallows" A species I know quite a lot about! This is undoubtedly referring to the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), which I had the privilege of studying for a few years to research their movement patterns. The line in the text is so wonderful and shows that Hugo has definitely watched these graceful birds before, as he captured the nature in which they glide and skim with speed near the ground, foraging for flying insects: “the swallows indulged in the charming threat of flying low.”

5. "le ramier" / "ring-dove" I believe this is pretty straight-forwardly referring to the Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus) which is the most commonly seen bird overall in the gardens in early June!

6. "le pinson" / "chaffinch" According to wikipedia, the term "pinson" is another common-name term given to multiple species of grain-eating passerines, however, there are two "true" pinson species, one of which is seen in the Luxembourg Gardens at this time: the Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs).

7. "le chardonneret" / "goldfinch" We're once again dealing with an ambiguous term here for birds in the family Fringillidae. Unfortunately, the birds that have "Chardonneret" in their common name do not appear on any eBird lists for the Luxembourg Gardens. The only other Fringillidae species that are recorded in the gardens (besides the Common Chaffinch) are the European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) and the European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis). While neither have been seen in early June, the European Greenfinch is seen more commonly. However, I think this could be a toss up.

8. "le rouge-gorge" / "red-breast" This one is pretty straightforward, "le Rouge-gorge familier" is none other than the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) (aka extreme borb).

9. "le verdier" / "the green finch" We've already discussed all of the finches that have been documented in the Luxembourg Gardens, and since "verdier" refers to birds in the genus Chloris, this last bird mention is again talking about our friend the European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris).

After reading this chapter I thought Hugo was listing so many bird species... which he certainly did, but after poking around on eBird for what's been seen at the Luxembourg Gardens in the past I want to know why he focused so much on the finches and didn't mention any thrushes, swifts, tits, wrens, treecreepers, or so many more!

[ninevehsage]

Liverwort (Sinivuokko)

Do I dare to say that the spring is finally here... well... at least it looks like it now, but who really knows. 🤷‍♀️ The weather in Finland is very capricious. Here's some of my nature observations from today and few pages from my nature journal/task book:

Crocus (Krookus) & Lucile's glory-of-the-snow (Isokevättähti)

Kasvun Vuosi by Maaretta Tukiainen (2024)

I love to observe nature and take notes of what I see and hear around me. This book is so beautiul and the drawings really inspire me to colour them. I also love that the book's pages are strong enough for using watercolours. 💜🌿💜🌿💜

Tulips (Tulppaanit)

Vinca minor (Pikkutalvio) ? *Not entirely sure

Red elderberry (Terttuselja)

The sun is currently shining and I might go out for a short walk in the nearby forestal area to collect more nature observations. We shall see what I will discover next. A moment ago I heard Eurasian chaffinch (Peippo) sing outside (heard it clearly inside, even though all the windows and doirs are shut) and it filled me with happiness! 💜🐦🎶