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![Brambling [Fringilla montifringilla]](Photographs/Brambling_73564.jpg)
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Photo Details
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Photographer
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Ivan Kruys
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Location
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Gotaland, Scania, Sweden
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Photo Date
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17/Aug/2007
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Uploaded Date
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17/Aug/2007
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Photographer Comments(if any)
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It was sunny this morning and 4 degrees Celcius below zero, so we took a car ride to a beech forest to get out of the cold NW wind.
At this time of the year those flocks of Bramlings and Chaffinches, that have not flown south to warmer parts of Europe, can often be found in beech forests looking for beech mast (beech nuts). There were lots of them on the ground as it had been a good mast year.
The Bramling (Fringilla montifringilla)is a common nesting bird in the far north of Sweden and in the mountains. During the breeding season the male has a strikingly black head.
I took this male Bramling at a distance of about 8 meters. His head is just beginning to acquire the black feathers of spring.
This shot was at ISO 400, cropped by about 70%, reduced in size and sharpened.
It is not often I can post a shot taken on the same day. Enjoy this fresh post!
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