Grosbeak in the snow by GiMi53

Photography • Animals • posted on Jan 15, 2011

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Description

The Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. As its closest living relatives are the Evening Grosbeak (C. vespertinus) from North America and the Hooded Grosbeak (C. abeillei) from Central America especially Mexico, the Hawfinch is sometimes also referred to as the European grosbeak. Le Gros-bec casse-noyaux est une petite espèce de passereau partiellement migrateur. C'est l'espèce la plus grande de la famille des fringillidés. Thank you very much for your comments on my previous upload:

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Comments (19)

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danob

11:30AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Lovely to see this Hawfinch nice work Michel

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LovelyPoetess

11:35AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

What a neat little feathered critter. Wonderful capture! : )

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jayfar

12:39PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

This is the largest of the finches I believe and a type that I have never seen. Super shot.

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Digitaleagle

1:28PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Beautiful bird first time to see one, lovely capture!

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ichtvan

1:51PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Un beau spécimen. Pas étonnant avec un tel bec qu' il puisse faire peu de cas d' un noyau de cerise ou d' olive.

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Minaya

2:05PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

So cute little bird! Wonderful capture!

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qrud

3:55PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Sweet.

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mariogiannecchini

4:51PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Very beautiful bird !Wonderful capture !

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sandra46

5:10PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

stunning image! well done!

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Erestorfan

7:05PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Very nice capture!! LOVE grosebeaks. I have not seen Evening Grosebeaks for many, many years. They used to be rather common here in New Hampshire...but it has got to be close to 30 years since I have seen one here. I miss their beautiful yellow. Hopefully some day I shall see one again!