Marcus
Only for the females. The males get eaten ;)
Though, do you call the ladies cowfiches?
Ice Swimmersays
The picture is a fine illustration of a snowless winter.
Re cowfinch:
That would be logical. It could be done in other languages also. In Swedish, bullfinch is domherre (an alternate word for a canon), so the female should be abbedissa (an abbess) or nunna (a nun). AFAIK, Swedish bullfinches aren’t celibate, however…
The Finnish name of bullfinch (punatulkku) refers to the red colour of the male, so the brown female should be ruskeatulkku.
I love these kind of pictures because they make me realize how awesome natural camouflage is.
Marcus
Only for the females. The males get eaten ;)
Though, do you call the ladies cowfiches?
The picture is a fine illustration of a snowless winter.
Re cowfinch:
That would be logical. It could be done in other languages also. In Swedish, bullfinch is domherre (an alternate word for a canon), so the female should be abbedissa (an abbess) or nunna (a nun). AFAIK, Swedish bullfinches aren’t celibate, however…
The Finnish name of bullfinch (punatulkku) refers to the red colour of the male, so the brown female should be ruskeatulkku.
Ice Swimmer
Dompfaff, the same in German.