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I Can Tell By the Gold Spring Is Coming

2008.01.30
Enlarge to see how he hangs on to the seed! A Pygmy Nut Hatch taking a sunflower seed.

Now that is one sticky tongue!! Enlarge to see his tongue snatching the suet!

Best Enlarged...This is an American Gold Finch

Best Enlarged !! I really like the black and white wings I think it makes the gold stand out better

Best Enlarged!!! Alittle bit better shot of the wing

These guys were hanging out in our backyard just stuffing their faces. I was only about 6 feet away. The birds have gotten use to us and sometimes land on my husbands hand.

The Gold Finches are turning alittle more gold each week. Soon they will have black on their heads. I think they look like fighter pilots when they get there black. cap.
37 Comments
Lindyart your pics Sheri are just so amazing ...I get more and more amazed as the days go by .. you go girl .. I love that first one :) saved to my favs:)
Lindyart · 2008-01-30: 21:26
mowestlan I love the "canaries." They are so sweet and quite the little harbingers of spring! Do you get the magazine, "Birds and Blooms"? You might like it. Anyway, these are lovely pics.
mowestlan · 2008-01-30: 21:53
lukazou #2 was a great capture! Love to see these motion capture!
lukazou · 2008-01-30: 22:40
Carley These are absolutely gorgeous!
Carley · 2008-01-30: 23:17
PEXRI very good
No2 is my fav
PEXRI · 2008-01-30: 23:31
jet28 I just adore your bird shots - wonderful!
jet28 · 2008-01-30: 23:34
slowpete great bird set
well captured
slowpete · 2008-01-30: 23:43
mimax2 amazing!
mimax2 · 2008-01-30: 23:45
vollenda Fantastic work with the birds. Nature photography is definitely your calling! My favorite is #3.
vollenda · 2008-01-31: 00:03
focussed Beautiful DOF makes those birds really pop in 3 and 4! hmm..if your spring is coming them our autumn/fall must be on it's way....*waves goodbye to summer*
focussed · 2008-01-31: 00:16
gillas3 Hi . I really enjoyed from this post . Finch in Iran called Fench !!! Is not interesting ?
gillas3 · 2008-01-31: 00:39
mystic1 Sheri, Great captures, Awesome set
mystic1 · 2008-01-31: 01:22
storytaylor another great set. glorious nature SheriJ
storytaylor · 2008-01-31: 02:05
fionarobinson lovely dof, and the birds are so clear and crisp.
fionarobinson · 2008-01-31: 03:24
Lynda Just gorgeous as ever. Have you seen my bird post of yesterday?
Lynda · 2008-01-31: 05:31
eljapa Nice work, Sheri.. Love #3..
eljapa · 2008-01-31: 05:39
Janiee Great focus and dof!!!
American Gold Finch is pretty!!!
Janiee · 2008-01-31: 07:09
Riccaster Fantastic shots ... very well done !!!
Riccaster · 2008-01-31: 07:41
DancingDolphin So there IS hope for spring! I love gold finches.... GREAT shots!
DancingDolphin · 2008-01-31: 08:06
vmathewk another awesome set from you Sheri... :)
vmathewk · 2008-01-31: 09:56
etodd80 Excellent set! I really like #1 and #4. The DOF is great!
etodd80 · 2008-01-31: 10:10
TheCrazyCroat These are fantastic. I really enjoy them all. Who knew birds turned colors? That's so cool! Your color and dof are awesome in these shots. Can I ask what kind of lens you used on these?
TheCrazyCroat · 2008-01-31: 11:46
soldotnamanda Wow, you're good.
I can just see you taking pictures with your cat chattering right next to you. These are awesome.
soldotnamanda · 2008-01-31: 12:01
Estel So beautiful.
Estel · 2008-01-31: 13:06
Fouraces How cool isnt this ;)! Nice post Sheri!
Fouraces · 2008-01-31: 15:58
kangshung Love the shots of the gold finch - looking forward to seeing them in their black caps!
kangshung · 2008-01-31: 16:12
tomie beautiful birds! i like the little birds! one is my fav.
tomie · 2008-01-31: 17:19
bauche Great shots of the birds!! Ours aren't that friendly that they would sit on our hands.
bauche · 2008-01-31: 18:48
youlookmahvelous Sheri these are gorgeous, I have three in my faves and I hope you are right about spring.
youlookmahvelous · 2008-01-31: 19:48
MHJphotos Don't ya just LOVE finches of all varieties?! The goldfinch is the Washington State bird, in case you didn't know!

But, my fave of this set HAS to be #1! That Pygmy Nuthatch is AWESOME, and great snap with the seed in his beak! Great job!
MHJphotos · 2008-01-31: 23:33
Mirikapi Cool set!!!!!!
Mirikapi · 2008-02-01: 00:23
jim7221 Beautiful shots, Sheri.... particularly impressed with the pygmy nuthatch shots!!... you inspire me to do better..... once ive got rid of this bloody flu bug that is..... dohhh!! ;)
jim7221 · 2008-02-01: 02:25
rolpa Great bird photos especially the goldfinch!
rolpa · 2008-02-01: 19:07
jwideman i love these shots. very nice captures
jwideman · 2008-02-01: 19:26
davidcardona Fantastic post! I added pic number three into my favorites! Well done!
davidcardona · 2008-02-02: 11:26
Jannie Beautiful birdies. We feed the goldfinch here too. I love them. Great shots!
Jannie · 2008-02-03: 12:13
tcalbaz these images are esquisite! #1 is terrific. Gorgeous DOF!
tcalbaz · 2008-02-03: 18:28
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