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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Finch's Idyll

This Lesser Antillean bullfinch struck me as being pretty pleased with being a resident of the island of St. Lucia, where I was just a tourist. I imagine I see a kind of benign smugness in the bird's expression.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Malgretoute, Saint Lucia
Camera: NIKON D7000
Copyright: © Max Cavitch