It seems to have been Goldfinch day at my house.....

[eaglem]

Sharp clear image and the Bird has great colouring.

[normhead]

Sharp clear image and the Bird has great colouring.

Thanks eaglem, I've been seeing him all summer, today was the first day he hung around for pictures.

[Tako Kichi]

That's a nice looking bird Norm and very different to the European Goldfinch that I remember from my 35 years in the UK.

http://www.singing-wings-aviary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/European-Goldfinch-Photos.jpg

I always liked the European version and they would become quite tame in tourist type places where people would toss them tit-bits to eat.

[C_Jones]

Nice shots. I have been seeing them in some local woods lately also.

[Tonytee]

Beautifully done Norm. Wonderful photographic series. I have to say I find the last one somewhat amusing. He is eyeballing something very interesting, perhaps a big, fat juicy worm. ))

Many thanks.

Tony

[normhead]

That's a nice looking bird Norm and very different to the European Goldfinch that I remember from my 35 years in the UK.

http://www.singing-wings-aviary.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/European-Goldfinch-Photos.jpg

I always liked the European version and they would become quite tame in tourist type places where people would toss them tit-bits to eat.

Ours are shy. The Nuthatches and Chickadees will practically land on my hat while I'm filling the feeders, it's very rare I can get as close as I go to this one. IFOr the Goldfinches, if you are really still, in this case I'm sitting on a ladder at feeder height, with the camera held up to my face, so I don't have to move much when he comes. He's the bold one/ There were another 4 or 5 back in the trees.

Nice shots. I have been seeing them in some local woods lately also.

They seem to be having a good year this year.

Beautifully done Norm. Wonderful photographic series. I have to say I find the last one somewhat amusing. He is eyeballing something very interesting, perhaps a big, fat juicy worm. ))

Many thanks.

Tony

I find the most natural places to get this type of images are the branches etc. next tot he feeder. There is a variety of food in there, from black oil sunflower seeds to chopped nuts and raisins. The birds often sit on the branches and pick out what they want before diving in, keeping their time in the feeds as limited as possible. With other birds darting in and out, they never know how long they'll get to peruse the buffet.