Goldfinches

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted May 13, 2017468 views6 comments

We have a wonderful flock of American Goldfinches that we are enticing to stay, with never-ending bags of niger thistle (at least until we go broke). We sometimes have 20-25 birds all lined up and fighting for their turn at the 10 feeder openings. Great fun to watch!
When we take the feeders down (as here) to refill them, we have a crew of little yellow supervisors watching us, to be sure the feeders are full and back up as soon as possible.

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D800
200-500 VR @420mm
1/1600 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +1/3
ISO: 640
AF mode: AF-S
White balance: AUTO1+2
Flash: Off

Comments

6 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on May 13, 2017 at 9:28 PM

Wonderful image, Sandy. In addition to being artistic, I think this image would be quite marketable. Kudos. devil

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Comment posted by Ed Williams on May 16, 2017 at 1:10 PM

Are those trained goldfinches or what? This is amazing. Love the perfect spacing, the bright colors, great DOF, balance, and as Scott has said, very marketable. What a fun photo Sandy.

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Comment posted by Kathy Snead on May 18, 2017 at 3:03 PM

Lovely image Sandy. Thank you for including a description of the circumstances. Bird fanciers will love this photo!

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Comment posted by Steve Thompson on May 26, 2017 at 5:25 PM

Very cool Sandy, congrats on the WP!

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Comment posted by Don Young on May 29, 2017 at 2:08 PM

Sandy, great one! I love these birds!

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Comment posted by Shirley Freeman on June 1, 2017 at 2:44 PM

Wow, Sandy, this is an awesome shot! Perfect spacing between them too. They do appear to be trained! You are blessed to have that many (although it is costing you feed), to have such photo opportunities. Great capture.

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