Hawfinch in the snow
There’s something so ugly-beautiful about Hawfinches. They’re the Pre-Raphaelite equivalent of Jane Morris, the famous embroiderer and also artists’ model.
This is a stunning, brightly-coloured male. I particularly like his ink-blue fluted feathers overlapping at the rear and the setting of the eyes in that jet-black partial mask, perfect for arriving by gondola at a Venetian ball.
It’s been snowing here in Bulgaria and the whiteness all around gives the softness of a grey as muted as the muffled echoes of the sound of the forest.
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