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Uploaded by: katy99780 — Tuesday February 12, 2013 — Tok, AK (Current Weather Conditions)

This year around beauty doesn't often come to the feeder until days begin to lengthen and temps warm just a bit, usually not until March. Pine Grosbeak is the biggest (and rarest) of all 'winter finches.' I am very happy to see them, maybe it means an early spring!

Categories: snow, winter, birds, wild animals Camera Type: Canon Rebel T3
 
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Aperture: 5.38 EV (f/6.4)
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Flash: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
Focal Length: 250.0 mm
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1. emixam101 1:25 AM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Awesome to hear that Katy and thanks for the description :)
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2. ChrisAnthemum 1:42 AM GMT on February 13, 2013    
So what kind of finch is it, Katy; do you know?
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3. llpj04 1:43 AM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Colorful little guy!
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4. YouKnowWho 1:46 AM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Pretty...but sure don't know the name of it!
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5. katy99780 2:23 AM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Oh geez, sorry I didn't include his ID Kathy and Eileen... this is a Pine Grosbeak!

Thanks for stopping by Maxime, Kathy, Charlotte and Eileen!
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6. backwardguy 2:23 AM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Great color and clarity!
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7. gilg72 4:48 AM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Great one katy.
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8. katy99780 4:50 AM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Thank you Steve and Gil.
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9. Hotzenwaelder 5:44 AM GMT on February 13, 2013    
The bird sure does make a contrast to the snow.
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10. trailhiker44 1:16 PM GMT on February 13, 2013    
WOW- this is a big beauty !
Love your description and hope you are right about an early arrival of Spring !
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11. katy99780 6:08 PM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Thank you Bernard and Heidrun.
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12. Doesiedoats 8:21 PM GMT on February 13, 2013    
This is just one reason I love WU. We
get to see things we would never see
at home.

Thanks for sharing this little fellow.
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13. Kajzar 10:03 PM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Beautiful colorful bird!
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14. katy99780 10:32 PM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Thanks Julia and Michal.
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15. RNJoel 10:37 PM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Wonderful capture, such a treat to see.
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16. BAMyres 10:44 PM GMT on February 13, 2013    
I've heard of the Rosebreasted Grosbeak, but never heard of the Pine variety. What a shot and a treat for all of us. Looks like a flame, with the red center and the blue around. 10+ in my book. This needs a blue border.

Thanks for all your postings that give us 48ers a virtual visit to Alaska!
Barb
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17. katy99780 11:29 PM GMT on February 13, 2013    
Thank you Rodney and Barb!

Barb I'm pretty sure we aren't allowed more than one AC in a series, but you can bet I'll be snapping photos of these beauties, next chance I get, and maybe I'll get lucky!
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18. canuckjune 12:14 AM GMT on February 14, 2013    
When I grew up in Canada we had a lot of pine and evening grosbeaks and they are so pretty. We had a bush with rosehips and they loved them. I haear they are around here in ND but I have not seen any.
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19. katy99780 2:16 AM GMT on February 14, 2013    
Thanks for stopping by Arlene, I see on my bird book maps that they do show up there from time to time in winter.
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20. WurzelDave 8:56 PM GMT on February 14, 2013    
Nice one.
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21. gardner48197 8:57 PM GMT on February 14, 2013    
What a Winter treat!! Lovely!!
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22. katy99780 10:21 PM GMT on February 14, 2013    
Thank you Dave and James.
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23. novembergale 12:37 AM GMT on February 15, 2013    
Beautiful!!!
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katy99780 I've lived in Alaska since 1969. I really love this wild land. The extremes of the far north shape and affect every living thing. Extremes of weather, elevation, daylight hours, isolation, flora and fauna, nothing in Nature is insignificant.I have a Davis Vantage Pro weather station, uploading to Wunderground, (Turks on the Tundra) the National Weather Service, the Citizen Weather Observation Program and MADIS (Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System). "May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart." ~ Indigenous Arctic Proverb Click for weather forecast
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