Eurasian Bullfinch

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

 (L 6.1-6.9")

Rude Strand

Odder, Denmark

03Jun2010

Mostly resident of north
Europe but some migrate.

A beautiful bird is the bullfinch

Though a fine song he does not
have to sing

By the poets not one celebrated

As a voice of the Northern Spring

    (Francis Duggan)

Each to his or her own -- for me,
nature’s most exquisite color
breasts the male bullfinch.

    (John Bevis)