Mirror Image
by Donna Kennedy
Title
Mirror Image
Artist
Donna Kennedy
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Photograph - Photographs
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Original Fine Art Photography and digital artwork by Donna Kennedy...
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) on a pine tree branch on a winters day in Reno, Nevada
Original Fine Art Photography and digital artwork by Donna Kennedy...
Goldfinches gathering at a small stream to get a drink or a quick splash on an early Summer morning. Reno, Nevada 819
Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
Lesser Goldfinches are small finches with bright yellow undersides. Males have greenish-brown backs, black caps and wings with two white wing-bars, and a white patch on each wing. Their tails are black with white patches on either side, and their undertail coverts are yellow (contrasting with the white undertail coverts of American Goldfinches). Females lack the black cap and wing-bars of the males, are not as brightly colored, and lack the white on the tail; they do have white patches on each wing.
The Lesser Goldfinch eats mainly seeds from the sunflower family (Asteraceae, or Compositae), although they also eat coffeeberry, elderberry, and madrone fruits, as well as buds of cottonwoods, alders, sycamores, willows, and oaks. They feed in small groups, moving through low weeds and other plants to get to the seeds, buds, flowers or fruits. Napa thistle is a primary food source. To eat seeds, the Lesser Goldfinch uses its bill to pry open the outer covering, shakes its head to loosen the husk, then swallows the seed. Like American Goldfinches, they cling to the seed heads of tall plants, bending the stem down so that it can end up hanging upside down while picking at the seeds. It will occasionally supplement its diet with insects such as plant lice.
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August 1st, 2016
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