Pine Grosbeak
The Pine Grosbeak is a large member of the finch family. Adults have a long forked black tail, black wings with white wing bars and a large bill. Adult males have a rose-red head, back and rump. Adult females are olive-yellow on the head and rump and grey on the back and underparts. Young birds have a less contrasting plumage overall, appearing shaggy when they moult their colored head plumage.
The Pine Grosbeak is a permanent resident through most of its range and can be found in coniferous woods in subarctic Fennoscandia and Siberia and across Alaska, the western mountains of the United States and Canada. In the extreme north or when food sources are scarce, they may migrate further south. It is a very rare vagrant to temperate Europe.
The Pine Grosbeak forages in trees and bushes. It mainly eats seeds, buds, berries and insects. Outside of the nesting season, it often feeds in flocks.
Date: 10th April 2010
Location: Neljan Tuulen Tupa near Kaamanen, Lappi, Finland
The Pine Grosbeak is a permanent resident through most of its range and can be found in coniferous woods in subarctic Fennoscandia and Siberia and across Alaska, the western mountains of the United States and Canada. In the extreme north or when food sources are scarce, they may migrate further south. It is a very rare vagrant to temperate Europe.
The Pine Grosbeak forages in trees and bushes. It mainly eats seeds, buds, berries and insects. Outside of the nesting season, it often feeds in flocks.
Date: 10th April 2010
Location: Neljan Tuulen Tupa near Kaamanen, Lappi, Finland
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