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A female Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) may not have the vibrant colours of a male but it is beautiful in its own right as observed on this small urban pond in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
12 May, 2021.
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Lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) singing while perched on a branch.
Piegża (Curruca curruca) śpiewająca na gałęzi.
I rarely see Lesser Goldfnches. I have only seen a couple of them at my home. Not a great photo but I wanted to document this bird. Photographed through window glass. At most this bird stopped by for 3 minutes. IMG_4599
Lesser purple emperor (Apatura ilia) butterfly sipping water from a wet cobblestone.
Mieniak strużnik (Apatura ilia) spijający wodę z mokrego kamienia brukowego.
Large flocks of Lesser Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) in the thousands rest during their northwards migration to the nesting grounds in the arctic. They feed in the stubble field on the prairie landscape and refresh themselves in the melt water ponds east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The darker or blue coloured birds are a colour phase of the Lesser Snow Goose.
It will be in a few weeks that they start to return to their southern wintering areas and while they pass through our area I look forward to viewing their stopover if even for a short period of time.
7 April, 2022.
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Lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) perched on a branch.
Piegża (Curruca curruca) siedząca na gałązce.
Lesser whitethroat (Curruca curruca) perched on a branch.
Piegża (Curruca curruca) siedząca na gałęzi.
I have taken many shots of Lesser Yellowlegs, but never on a tree limb.
Nadeau Pond. St. Albert, Alberta.
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A lesser scaup floats along the fishing pond at the riparian preserve. I sometimes feel sorry for birds with the word "lesser" in front of their name. Seems a bit demeaning. But then I remember, they're ducks - they don't actually speak English.
Brown Acres – Jackson County – Oregon – USA
“Jabbering clouds of yellow, green, and black Lesser Goldfinches gather in scrubby oak, cottonwood, and willow habitats of the western U.S., or visit suburban yards for seeds and water. These finches primarily eat seeds of plants in the sunflower family, and they occur all the way south to the Peruvian Andes. Listen closely to their wheezy songs, which often include snippets from the songs of other birds….. Lesser Goldfinches gather in groups of up to several hundred at a time. They feed on seeds and grains, both in weedy fields and at bird feeders. Their flocks mix with other seed-eating songbirds, especially at bird feeding stations.”
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
A juvenile male Lesser Goldfinch, pausing during his snack time! He was feasting on the seeds from our Black-eyed Susan seed heads. This little cutie is just starting to get his black forehead feathers. Photo taken in our backyard in Camas, Washington.
The Merlin bird ID app leans toward greater, but I'm not convinced - the slightly peaked head seems more lesser than greater. Daniel Irons below and others saw the same thing, so I'm going with lesser. Spotted among some gadwall, common goldeneyes, and red-breasted mergansers with no other scaup in sight in a large inlet off Long Island Sound in southwestern Connecticut.
This male Lesser Goldfinch was seen among the Aloe at the Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia CA..
A flock of lesser goldfinches flew into a tree beside my pond. This male beauty was extracting seeds from this thistle like flower.
Not a common sight at Baron's Haugh NR...nice to squeeze a shot in - by the River Clyde at Motherwell...tight crop
I have Lesser Goldfinches that have adopted me and my yard, but they're not that cooperative in terms of modeling. This beautiful little female worked on her breakfast seeds in full unobstructed view of my camera, at my local regional park. Wondrous. She's even got that perch where she's straddled two stems, one foot on each. Cracks me up.