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Birds - Chaffinch Page 1

Image Taken on 02 Dec 2010 at 08:35 Image of day on 27 Jan 2011

15 minutes later the jackdaws have gone and smaller birds have arrived for THEIR breakfast (4 species in genuine single frame).

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Image of day on 18 Jul 2005

Portrait of a male chaffinch.

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Image Taken on 15 Sep 2007 at 18:28 Image of day on 19 Oct 2007

A Male Chaffinch coming in to land on the log

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Image Taken on 17 Aug 2009 at 05:59 Image of day on 30 Sep 2009

But they can also be very elegant.

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Image Taken on 04 May 2007 at 18:13 Image of day on 20 May 2007

Its the time of territorial disputes and these face-to-face fights are typical. Note the vicious claws of the robin on the right going for the chaffinch.

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Image Taken on 15 Aug 2009 at 19:29 Image of day on 30 Sep 2009

Chaffinches have done well this year and many adults and youngsters visit the tree-stump top. They often squabble over the rights to this tiny piece of real-estate.

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Image Taken on 03 Dec 2011 at 15:51 Image of day on 09 Jan 2012

Many small birds chase away members of their own or other species to get access to food. Here a Chaffinch is chasing off a Bluetit.

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Image Taken on 23 Jun 2009 at 05:50 Image of day on 23 Jul 2009

The Chaffinches have been very obliging with 'in-flight photos' in the last couple of days

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Image Taken on 04 Jan 2007 at 15:08 Image of day on 16 Jan 2007

Chaffinch female with muddy leg poised on the log.

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Image Taken on 22 Dec 2006 at 13:07 Image of day on 05 Jan 2007

A beautifully poised Female Chaffinch. Until we started these automated photos we had no idea that chaffinches had such lovely green backs you don't see in the standard 'pose'.

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Image Taken on 16 Dec 2011 at 14:20 Image of day on 20 Jan 2012

4 Successive frames saw this chaffinch flying fairly close by the male Great Spotted Woodpecker within just 3 minutes. We are sure it was trying harass it away.

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Image Taken on 28 Oct 2010 at 16:46 Image of day on 22 Dec 2010

Successive frames about 1 minute apart indicate an extended dispute between this female chaffinch and a great tit.

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Image Taken on 03 May 2011 at 18:53 Image of day on 02 Jun 2011

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Image Taken on 11 Mar 2010 at 16:18 Image of day on 14 Apr 2010

Nice 'Chaffinch Aerobraking' as it flies in to the tree trunk top.

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Image Taken on 26 Nov 2009 at 15:17 Image of day on 29 Dec 2009

Female chaffinch coming in to land on the well laden trunk top off to the lower right.

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Image Taken on 01 Apr 2010 at 16:55 Image of day on 03 May 2010

Wheee!
A Chaffinch 'skydiving' near the ground with primary feather tips shadowed on the log.

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Image Taken on 15 Mar 2007 at 16:08 Image of day on 01 Apr 2007

Perhaps this female chaffinch is the object the fight in yesterdays image (same site and similar time next day).

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Image Taken on 02 May 2009 at 16:29 Image of day on 26 May 2009

The chaffinch nest barely visible in a Golden Cypress we showed you on the Female taking in nesting (click to view) is going well and both parents are taking in an 'endless' supply of insects for the chicks. Here the female by the nest.

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Image Taken on 04 Apr 2009 at 15:33 Image of day on 29 Apr 2009

A pair of chaffinches seem to be nesting in a golden cypress visible from a window in the house. At the moment a constant stream of soft materials is going in.

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Image Taken on 18 Sep 2009 at 18:13 Image of day on 24 Oct 2009

This tree trunk has just been stocked for the next night's visitors. The male on the right isn't being very gallant towards the female (or maybe juvenile) on the left.

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