Baby Finch!
Yep, it’s that time of year again.
This baby house finch, the first I’ve seen this season, belongs to the male with brown patches on his head and his mate. I think I’ve heard it on the balcony before, but today I’m definitely looking at it. It still has those feathers sticking out of the sides of its head like horns. It’s pretty big already–almost as big as the male. It’s also quite noisy.
The charm just lined up on the balcony railing like a family portrait: cock on the left, chick in the middle, and hen on the right, all facing the sky to the west.