ODD COLORATION ON THIS FINCH - LACKS USUAL RED FEATHERS OF A MALE BUT HAS PINK FEATHERS ON BREAST THAT FEMALES DON'T HAVE. PERHAPS IT'S PARTIALLY LEUCISTIC MALE OR JUST AN ABERRATION . . . .
BOY, THAT STILL LOOKS LIKE COLD WATER - IT MAY BE SPRING BUT IT'S STILL PRETTY DARN CHILLY AROUND HERE . . .
A MALLARD DRAKE APPEARED AT OUR LITTLE POND THIS MORNING