finch

Beautiful birds these are. Many of them visit the feeder at my in-laws.

More from the white winter.

There are a few locations near my home where I can always find these wonderful Aussie natives. This is a male perched on a fence alongside a sake brewery. The image is full frame as presented.

Just had to have a little of the "white stuff" at the bottom. Early morning light with no flash.

An infant bird has a serious appetite. Mother is disgusted.

A child is being brought up.

Getting any small bird from the ground at this angle is so difficult. Sorry about the blurring, but a cute bird all the same.

It is a lot of birds in Japan.

Another of the rainy day photos.

The European Greenfinch, or just Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. The genus Carduelis might be split up and in this case, the greenfinches would be separated in their old genus Chloris again. This bird is widespread throughout Europe...

The Zebra Finch, Taeniopygia guttata, is the most common and familiar estrildid finch of Central Australia and ranges over most of the continent, avoiding only the cool moist south and the tropical far north. It also can be found natively in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. The bird has been...

This male Andean Siskin shows great poise perched on this branch...curiously looking at this photographer

A male bullfinch. :)

Linnets are very beautiful birds and it's so hard to get anywhere near them with the camera so I was very pleased with this shot.

A beautiful goldfinch having breakfast on its favourite plant.

A beautiful young greenfinch. :)

Young goldfinch posing for the camera - rather unusual as these little birds tend to be quite shy. :)

Finch trapped for ringing.

This is a male bird, one of a flock of about 30 coming in to drink at a pool in a rocky gorge in the Siddeley Range. The species is only found in the sparsely populated interior of Australia and is therefore not often seen. It was a lifer for me!

Another shot from Montana.

Another with my new 400mm f5.6L. So far, (one afternoon) I'm really enjoying it!