Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Goldfinches Feeding.....




As I was headed to the kitchen to get the geranium start that sits in the glass vase, I noticed a lot of activity of scrapping birds.  I had goldfinches fighting for position at the seed sock. Between the camera setting being bumped to a wrong setting, it was raining or hazy, and the shot was taken through glass, I did get some images of medium quality.  Most of the shots on the camera were thrashed.

The goldfinch are changing back to their yellow feathers now and they seem a little dirty. This is one of my more focused shot  and there seems to be no head.  I call it the detail shot of showing how the bird uses its feet to hang on to that sock.  I did see some of the birds out this morning while taking Button outside. We had scared a couple of them away. So maybe just maybe I can get them in some bright sun for some true clear color and focus.

3 comments:

Linda said...

So beautiful, Larry!

Jeevan said...

More than getting detailed photos, you didn’t miss the opportunity on the moment to take notice on their ability to perch a sock!

Anonymous said...

Interesting to see how they "hang on" to the sock! I remember how the goldfinches love the coneflowers each fall.

I may have lost my comment on your "cloud" post previously....I love the bare tree branches against the sky. Our trees are beginning to turn green finally.

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