Posted by Dennis Plank on July 6, 2011 at 10:15 PM
The local American Goldfinches have started pairing off. When I was out last weekend the ladies were being chased incessantly. I managed to catch one burst of shots of some nice courtship behavior. It is amazingly quick. From first shot of the male about to feed the female to an attempted mating took less than two seconds. Luckily, I was already on her at the time it started. Unluckily, I had not adjusted the camera for a larger dof, so these took a fair amount of sharpening.
The first image is of the male about to feed the female.
I hope you enjoy them.
Posted by Dennis Plank on July 6, 2011 at 10:17 PM
The second image is after he's fed her and I like it because of the "look" on his face-like "what am I getting into here?"
Posted by Dennis Plank on July 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM
And the third is "I'm outta here!" Actually it was followed a couple of frames later by an attempt to mate with her-unsuccessfully.
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7 repliesThe first image is of the male about to feed the female.
I hope you enjoy them.