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Juvenile goldfinch

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 24, 2007 at 3:15 PM
Juvenile goldfinch
Taken today this juvenile was doing something had never seen before it took off from the barbwire fence and then on its way back into land aimed for the grass stem then landed back on the barbwire with the grass stem in its claws and set about bending it over and eating the seeds.

Phillip.

D2x sigma 800 1/90@f8 iso100.

PP in NC442 & CS2 and I cropped of about 25% of the original image.

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Posted by John Chapman on July 25, 2007 at 5:39 AM
This is very nice Phillip. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Mark Sisson on July 25, 2007 at 9:00 AM
Nice as ever Phillip - and good observational anecdote too: the ingenuity of passerines never ceases to amaze me.
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Mark
Posted by Pete Etheridge on July 25, 2007 at 10:54 AM
Very, very nice Phillip

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Posted by Alan Bryant on July 25, 2007 at 12:42 PM
As said very nice :smile:

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Posted by Andy Astbury on July 26, 2007 at 4:37 AM
Cracker Phillip, lovely detail, top exposure :toast:
Posted by Paula Graham on July 28, 2007 at 11:52 AM
I think the shot very nice indeed; lovely muted colours and an interesting story too.