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Purple Finch / pinzón purpúreo (Haemorhous purpureus)
El pinzón purpúreo (Haemorhous purpureus) es un pinzón de América del Norte, fornido y de tamaño mediano, famoso por la coloración vibrante del macho, que el ornitólogo Roger Tory Peterson describió como si pareciera "un gorrión bañado en jugo de frambuesa". Son comunes en bosques de conÃferas y mixtos, y visitan con frecuencia los comederos para aves.
Apariencia e Identificación
Los pinzones purpúreos presentan dimorfismo sexual, lo que significa que los machos y las hembras tienen apariencias distintas:
* Macho: Los machos adultos tienen un plumaje rico, rojo rosado o rosáceo en la cabeza, garganta, pecho y espalda, que se desvanece a blanco en el vientre. A diferencia del similar pinzón mexicano (Haemorhous mexicanus), el color rojo del macho del pinzón purpúreo se distribuye de manera más uniforme por su cuerpo y carece de rayas gruesas en los flancos.
* Hembra: Las hembras y los machos inmaduros carecen por completo del color rojo. Son en su mayorÃa de color marrón claro o marrón oliva por encima y blancas por debajo, con rayas marrones borrosas y pesadas en el pecho y los flancos. Una marca de campo clave para las hembras es un patrón facial fuerte, que incluye una raya blanca prominente (ceja) sobre el ojo y una lÃnea oscura a lo largo del costado de la garganta.
* Estructura: Ambos sexos tienen un pico cónico, relativamente grande y fuerte, adecuado para triturar semillas, y una cola corta y bifurcada.
Hábitat y Comportamiento
* Hábitat: Se reproducen principalmente en bosques de conÃferas o mixtos (caducifolios y conÃferos) frescos y húmedos en todo Canadá y el norte de Estados Unidos, asà como en la costa del PacÃfico. En invierno, se pueden encontrar en una variedad más amplia de áreas boscosas y patios traseros.
* Dieta: Su dieta consiste principalmente en semillas (especialmente de conos de conÃferas), brotes, bayas y algunos insectos durante los meses de verano. Les gustan particularmente las semillas de girasol negro en los comederos.
* Vocalización: Los machos producen un canto alegre y gorjeante, a menudo emitido desde lo alto de un árbol. Su llamada de vuelo es un sonido distintivo y suave de "tic-tic".
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The Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus) is a stocky, medium-sized North American finch famous for the male's vibrant coloration, which ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson described as looking like "a sparrow dipped in raspberry juice". They are common in coniferous and mixed forests and are frequent visitors to bird feeders.
Appearance and Identification
Purple Finches are sexually dimorphic, meaning males and females have distinct appearances:
* Male: Adult males have rich, rosy-red or pinkish plumage on their head, throat, breast, and back, which blends into white on the belly. Unlike the similar House Finch, the male Purple Finch's red coloration is more uniformly spread across its body and lacks heavy streaking on the flanks.
* Female: Females and immature males lack the red color entirely. They are mostly light brown or olive-brown above and white below, with heavy, blurry brown streaking on the breast and flanks. A key field mark for females is a strong facial pattern, including a prominent white stripe (eyebrow) above the eye and a dark line down the side of the throat.
* Structure: Both sexes have a relatively large, powerful, conical beak for crushing seeds and a short, notched tail.
Habitat and Behavior
* Habitat: They primarily breed in cool, moist coniferous or mixed deciduous and coniferous forests across Canada and the northern United States, as well as the Pacific coast. In winter, they can be found in a wider variety of wooded areas and backyards.
* Diet: Their diet consists mainly of seeds (especially from conifer cones), buds, berries, and some insects during the summer months. They are particularly fond of black oil sunflower seeds at feeders.
* Vocalization: Males produce a cheerful, warbling song, often delivered from high in a tree. Their flight call is a distinctive, soft "tic-tic" sound.
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Promenade Emmerson
Edmundston (Madawaska) New/Nouveau-Brunswick
En arrière plan, l'Université de Moncton, campus d'Edmundston/
In the background, University of Moncton, campus of Edmundston
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© Guylaine Bégin. L'utilisation sans ma permission est illégale. /
Use without permission is illegal.
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Jones Lake in Moncton was stunning this evening. The best camera is the one you have with you, so my iPhone had to do!
Hairy Woodpecker / pico velloso / Pic chevelu (Leuconotopicus villosus) es una especie de ave piciforme de la familia Picidae. Es un pájaro carpintero de tamaño mediano grande, nativo de América Central y América del Norte.
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Lugar decaptura / taken: Mapleton Park, Moncton.
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TaxonomÃa
Reino:Animalia
Filo:Chordata
Clase:Aves
Orden:Piciformes
Familia:Picidae
Género:Leuconotopicus1
Especie:L. villosus
(Linnaeus, 1766)
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Like many other decently populated areas in North America, the homeless situation in Moncton has grown increasingly worse in the past several years. Back in the summer of 2022, there were more trains in Atlantic Canada which necessitated schedule changes. One major change was L507 being set back several hours for the crew's departure out of Dartmouth. Having worked 123 earlier on this day, I was laying over in Moncton and went for a walk with the camera conveniently timed for this westbound. L50711 14 rolls through Moncton on September 14, 2022, only a few miles from the final destination of Gordon Yard, with no homeless in danger's way of the manifest.
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Podcast interview with John Meadows about my 1980s Toronto series--on "My Photography Podcast" (MPP).
Week 14 - Landscape:Zoomed In
"Red Roof on the Chocolate River'
An unseasonably warm but rainy day in Moncton kicked the rest of the snow away, now we wait for spring's arrival!
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Moncton Cathedral. Photos from around Moncton, Canada Day weekens, 2011. Working with a new 2X Teleplus, and with Photomatix, playing around to try to draw something more out of the images. I know some of these are over the top, but I'm experimenting.
HMCS Moncton is a Kingston-class coastal defence vessel that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1998. The Kingston class was designed to fill the minesweeper, coastal patrol and reserve training needs of the Canadian Forces. In order to perform these varied duties the Kingston-class vessels are designed to carry up to three 6.1-metre (20 ft) ISO containers with power hookups on the open deck aft in order to embark mission-specific payloads. (Wikipedia)
DSC_9704-002: It's been a while since I've been on Flickr. Thought I would check in, and post this local sunrise for fun. Hope you all are doing well.
I decided to join a social photography group last month. It's actually quite fun! We went on a Christmas scavenger hunt last week and had to create 8x Christmas-themed photographs. Thy was my entry for the "Abstract theme", done in camera with a zoom burst technique.
Ok, not gonna bother with a description. lol My grandkids love this park in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Lots of trails, a water park of sorts, and a large play area. I always feel creepy at these kinds of places with a camera, so I wandered around the trails and found some real treasures. This was NOT one of them. lol It was a birthday celebration for the youngest granddaughter.