#chaffinch

I do love early summer because there’re lots of fledglings of various species. And sometimes they look both serious, hilarious and cute at the same time. Just like this chaffinch with these feathery “horns” (looking similar to horned lark from this angle). Still depends on father despite looking serious

Birds of Beau Vista orchard Wairarapa New Zealand. The Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, or Pahirini in te Reo is a common bird in NZ todayand the most widespread of New Zealand’s introduced finches, and are found in a wide range of habitats from sea-level to 1400 m in gardens orchards and bush. Chaffinches were first intentionally introduced to New Zealand from Britain by Acclimatisation Societies with the first major liberations beginning around 1862.