Greenfinch

Description:

This is not so common winter visitors of my feeders - I rarely saw it in my backyard, even though it is a common resident in Geneva lake valley and slopes of Jura. These birds are the size of house sparrow, but mainly green-greenish, with some yellow and black in wings. They sport massive, conical, and pale bill, a typically seedeater's one.

Habitat:

Seen on and around our feeders, in the backyard of our residence building, at outskirts of a small urban center in Geneva lake valley. The backyard counts a number of deciduous trees and shrubs, most of them spontaneous and local, some planted. The backyard neighbours a meadow (used for producing hay) and a lowland deciduous (mainly oak and beech) forest, and some other agricultural fields.

Notes:

1. I love the name of this subspecies - Chloris chloris chloris... the most common one. 2. Other visitors of our feeders are finches, tits and sparrows.