28 March, 2008

Common Chaffinch

 









I saw this morning my first Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) of this spring. Yeah, they are coming, although it looks still like mid-winter out there, some 15-20 cm of fresh snow everywhere. But it's already +2,4 degrees Celcius (at 11:20 a.m.) and the sun is shining so the snow will melt fast.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Author

Olli Haukkovaara

email: olli.haukkovaara @ proton.me

Valkeakoski, Finland

No comments:

Post a Comment

The spring started - or not...

The temperature shot up quickly from the -25°C we had a couple of days ago to +2°C. I expected to see the first Herring Gulls of spring toda...