#hawfinches

[ornithological]

was looking up stuff about hawfinches and turns out they are WAY bigger than i expected what the fuck

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[michaelnordeman]

Hawfinch/stenknäck. Värmland, Sweden (September 17, 2017).

[longingforrotkehlchen]

All these years and this is the best I could get. So.far.

Kernbeißer ♂️ (hawfinch) auf der Karlshöhe, Stuttgart-Süd.

[wildlifegermany]

Unerschrockener Sperling legt sich mit einem Kernbeißer an.

Intrepid sparrow tackles a hawfinch.

[useless-catalanfacts]

A chonky bird: a hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) photographed in Olot, Comarques Gironines, Catalonia.

Photos by josepfornellcosta on Instagram.

[besidethepath]

Good looks, beautiful singing? All good, but at the feeder it's the beak that counts

[korurichocolat]

シメ

Hawfinch

[dansnaturepictures]

02/02/25-Beautiful views, resplendent Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers it filled me with joy to be so fortunate to observe them again in rich sunshine another of my birds of the year so far, Fallow Deers, pine tree and Stock Doves on a joyous, peaceful and uplifting morning at Acres Down in the New Forest and stunning viburnum in flower in the sun when home this afternoon.

We were also very lucky to see Hawfinches, Merlin and Goshawk three more big additions to our year list this weekend and also see Raven, Firecrest, Treecreeper, Song Thrush, Starling, hear Green Woodpecker, see my first bee of the year and gorse and frosty bramble leaves. What a sensational wild weekend in the New Forest with so many incredible species seen and great bits at home this weekend with so many people we knew that we saw today which was nice.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

“Canary #13 (Gloster Corona, cock)

In Luke Stephenson’s Bold Portraits of Show Birds, the Personality Is in the Plumage

“Hawfinch #1” (2019)

Left: “Budgie #10” (2019). Right: “Japanese Thrush #1 (cock)” (2021)

“Agate Starling (hen) #1” (2019)

[jaketeachesdeath]

Giant Finch, an absolute unit.

I still cannot get over the size of this guy. It looks comical next to other other Finches and birds on the shelf (made worse by its position next to the Wrens.

With a wingspan of arond 30cm and an average weight maxing out at 70g these Hawfinch are still considered Sparrow sized however the average House Sparrow is at max 39g and has a 25cm wingspan.

Im certain that massive head holds all the weight. On average the House Sparrow skulls are just over 0.3g that means the Hawfinch skull is nearly 3 times as heavy! This one doesnt even have a beak sheath or pterygoids!

What a skull, what a bird. Incredible

08/12/24

[vintagrafica]

Hawfinch or Loxia coccothraustes

The hawfinch is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This bird breeds across Europe and temperate Asia.

Available now on Redbubble

[michaelnordeman]

Hawfinch/stenknäck. Värmland, Sweden (June 28, 2018).

[tbalderdash-art-blog]

Found out it's Birbuary, here's the Hawfinch!

Reference photo by Wolfgang Kruck

Birbuary is to raise awareness of Songbird Survival

[chunmori]

A springtime gift from a male hawfinch to his dear mate. シメの求愛給餌。アベマキの花がロマンチック

[coffeenuts]

[besidethepath]

My friend with the strong beak