Kojo Baidoo
"Brownie" (Purple Finch)
When I heard the song of a purple finch coming from a tree in my yard and went to investigate, I was surprised to see a "brownie", the term used to describe female and young male individuals of these species, staring back at me. Since these two look similar, I didn't expect to her the song coming from a "female" bird until I realized the young males too looked like this. Maybe, next year, he'll return around this time, and with his pretty reddish pink plumage, too!
"Brownie" (Purple Finch)
When I heard the song of a purple finch coming from a tree in my yard and went to investigate, I was surprised to see a "brownie", the term used to describe female and young male individuals of these species, staring back at me. Since these two look similar, I didn't expect to her the song coming from a "female" bird until I realized the young males too looked like this. Maybe, next year, he'll return around this time, and with his pretty reddish pink plumage, too!