Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
Leucosticte tephrocotis

f4 @ 1/2500s, ISO:400, Nikon D3S w 500mm

"Gray-crowned Rosy Finch," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The gray-crowned rosy finch, or gray-crowned rosy-finch, is a species of passerine bird in the family Fringillidae native to Alaska, western Canada, and the north-western United States. Due to its remote and rocky alpine habitat it is rarely seen. Within the finch family, the gray-crowned rosy finch is medium-large with a comparatively long notched tail and wings. Adults are brown on the back and breast and mainly pink on the rest of the underparts and the wings. The forehead and throat are black; the back of the head is grey. They have short black legs and a long forked tail. There is some variability in the amount of grey on the head. Adult females and juveniles are similar. Overall length is 140 to 160 mm (5.5–6.3 in), wingspan 33 cm (13 in), and weight 22 to 60 g (0.78–2.12 oz).

Homer, Alaska

03/15/2015