08/17/2026
Mama Finch on Boxwood
We regularly have house finches that nest in the lights on our front porch. They tend to have two broods a year, and since they build their nests in glass porch lights, we can watch them from inside the house as they care for the eggs and eventually the chicks after they hatch. Once the chicks are ready to leave the nest, the mama and papa finches sit in the nearby trees and bushes and encourage the young out of the light-cum-nest with repeated, excited chirps. This photo captures the mama finch perched on top of a boxwood bush watching her chicks as they struggle to make their first flight.
For best detail, I recommend having this printed on smooth fine art paper.
This was the featured photo for August in the 2021 calendar.
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