I’m curious - in the UK I would have called that a Goldcrest or perhaps Firecrest: a Goldfinch being very different. Is this another case of different places, different names?

Nice sharp action photo either way!

The photos are nice, but this “exchange” is a delight.

Demonstrating nicely that even the most mongrel of feral pigeons can be worth photoing!

(Or at least, I’m guessing what in the UK would definitely be a feral pigeon hasn’t been declared a species in the US)

The best camera is the one you’ve got with you!

If you try looking up the Latin names, families etc. you get lost in a maze of changes and alternative forms! Downy and Greater Spotted probably diverge at the Genus level, but depends on your authority!

The UK’s Lesser spotted woodpecker is in the same genus as Downy however!?!

Oh very nice - are they as prone to being up too high, round the wrong side of the tree and other annoyances as what I guess are their English cousins, the Greater Spotted Woodpeckers? One from yesterday, that I’m happy to have an excuse to post (seeing as how I posted another a few days ago):

Thank you - and your Robins are actually members of the Thrush family?!?

P.S. I’ve also been very impressed by your recent posts.

Some Mallards are very happy being close to humans (as long as they bear food).

I’m guessing the beak is all wrong for anything called a sparrow - a Dunnock is an eater of insects and the like, not seeds.

Nothing more that I could see - this was somewhat distant, but the male flew up, both pecked for a short while, then the female flew off. They were clearly aware of each other

That’s a nice crisp and vivid photo :) You’ve got sunlight - that beats dead trees!

Finches, such as the chaffinch, tend to eat seeds - thus the thick short beak for crunching them - but they will eat insects, etc.

Well I enjoy the feeling of sharing, so we all win, thank you!