#finke

[thorrn]

meows at you in perpetuity like an incessant little freak :3

[mikec137]

Mägenwil, Switzerland, October 2022

[ifelten]

Grønirisk (Carduelis chloris)

Syngende

European Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)

Singing

[officialswimmer]

[drrockclub]

Finke River of Central Australia

This is Finke River which is a dry riverbed most of the time just like many other rivers in the Central Australia. Such rivers flow on the surface during powerful rainfalls, which can turn this dry sand patch into raging torrent. Water does not last long on the surface in the desert areas, and so it either evaporates or soaks into the soil where it then slowly makes its way into the artesian basin (underground water pool, the groundwater system). Actually, the groundwater is a major water source for people living in the dry centre of Australia.

Fun fact!

The upper section of the Finke River was deduced to be around 350 million years old, what makes it one of the oldest rivers in the world. It means it has flown across the continent long before the proto-dinosaurs have even evolved.

[thorrn]

i rlly should be a princess in the medieval and my bf is a knight whom i lovingly pester for fun and is my assistant to my secret necromantic powers but he wont tell a soul because he finds it all incredibly attractive

[ifelten]

Kernebider (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

Hun. Kendes på det grå felt på vingen.

Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

Female. Identified as such by the gray wing panel.

[ifelten]

Stillits (Carduelis carduelis)

European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)