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Linaria cannabina
This is my #2000 spotting. Small passerine bird of the finch family, Fringillidae. Its scientific name comes from its fondness for hemp and its English name from its liking for seeds of flax, from which linen is made. The summer male is very conspicuous with a red head-patch and red breast. The upper parts are brown, the throat white and the bill grey. Females and young birds lack the red and have white underparts, the breast streaked buff.
Bushes in high mountain, close to 2000 m. high. Parque nacional de Sierra de Guadarrama. Peñalara
Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/800 sec.; f/14, ISO Speed Rating: 800. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 300.0 mm. No Flash fired
Spotted on Jul 23, 2015
Submitted on Oct 8, 2015
17 Comments
Thanks António
Beautiful bird Angel,well chosed for your 2000th one,congrats on the great milestone and thanks for sharing your super interesting spotting page with us all
Thanks Kathleen
Wow! Nice!
Thanks Daniele, Faith, armadeus.4
2000! Congratulations! A beautiful spotting to mark the occasion :)
Congrats!
Yo lo vi en Avila, justo delante de la muralla, y recientemente aqui en Belgica. Me encanta!
Gracias Marta, no es mi mejor foto pero le tenía muchas ganas a este pájaro.
Lo vi por primera vez hace un montón de años, cuando me estaba aficionando a esto de los pajaros, y no lo habia vuelto a ver desde entonces.
Así que me hizo mucha ilusión cuando lo volví a ver.
Thanks SukanyaDatta
Una belleza!
Congrats Angel! It's beautiful.
Congratulations on the 2000th spotting; it is a very sweet bird.
Thanks Mark !
Congrats on 2k !
Thanks a lot, Malcolm
Congratulations on reaching this milestone Angel.