greenfinch

A visitor to the garden feeders....

This is the first Green finch I have seen in my garden . A few months ago I put up a home made Squirrel feeder because he was a regular visitor.I have not seen the squirrel since about 4 weeks before . this morning when i was filling my feeders i dropped a few sunflower hearts on the base...

Another one of my close up shots from Tuesday.

"Outta my way!" The finches may flock together in winter, but they do seem a bit irritable about it - and that "referee" on the branch below isn't helping much either. Perhaps now that the terrible winds we've been having have died down and other birds are back in my garden...

Greenfinch at Leighton Moss

Caught in the evening sun on a wild olive tree (acebuche)

Another old photograph of a Greenfinch.

Taken sometime ago but I don't think I have shown this on BF.

Got a call on my cell phone from daughter. They were headed out to shop and would be near a little nature reserve along the river. Did I want to try there? I was game, so I walked back up the road, met them at the corner and hopped in. Not much to see in the nature preserve, as it turned out...

another shot taken with the BG illuminated by the warm winter sun

Following on from yesterday, with the Greenfinch Pair, this was their young offspring, looking a bit bedraggled in the rain.

Taken in my Garden Last year.

little greenfinch on my local.amazing how they find food which we just don,t see.

changed the location (visited another feeder) an took som pics in the late afternoon

some guests at the feeder taken last Sunday

Grumpy Mr. Greenfinch. Never satisfied, it would appear. But the waxwings left him plenty. Off to town for some Xmas shopping. Then back to browse BF later.

Greenfinch

This youngster frequented my feeder for a few days.

Greeny...posing in our garden.

We've had three very rainy days, but in between showers there were glimpses of sun. And as of this afternoon the sun is back for a longer visit. So maybe a new birding hike this weekend. But meanwhile, here's another recent one from the feeder area.

Haven't seen any of the usual berry thieves - the flocks of waxwings or fieldfares that can clean out a cherry tree in a matter of minutes, not to mention this little apple shrub. I think they may be waiting for the berries to be sweeter, which they will be after a night frost converts starches...