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Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs   - Male
Photographer :	© Bakshi Jehangir
Location :	banks of Dal Lake, Srinagar, Kashmir
Date :	14 March 2007
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Bird Family :	Fringillini - Chaffinches & brambling
Bird Group :	PASSERIFORMES
Red Data Status :	Unspecified
Remarks :	We had a massive snowstorm that blew in from the west over the past two days. Today I photographed this Chaffinch which seemed to be pecking industriously in the snow. On downloading the pics to my computer I noticed that it seemed to have a severe case of the avian equivalent of snow blindness. One can see half open eyes only in the first and last pics. Possibly the 'industrious' pecking was 'aimless' pecking. - BJ Comments welcome.
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