hawfinch

hawfinch defending his place at the feeder

A rare visitor in our garden. I haven't seen one for a couple of years. This winter is colder than last year's, and it seems our feeding place is attracting more species than during the preceding winters. They are very shy and fly away when I move. So I had to sit and wait for things to happen...

used the snow and bad weather for some portraits of the "common suspects" hope you like them

Free meals

starting in the garden at the feeder

Juvenile

I love these Hawfinches and there are still many at my back yard feeder.

We have Hawfinches on the feeders daily but not in any numbers since the day we saw 8 at the same time.

checking me out

we still have one male paying a few daily visits to our garden.

Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linnaeus, 1758)

4 of these were hanging around the feeder in the garden during the weekend. so wary, far more than most of the other species

and the winner is...

hawfinch defending the feeder

The hawfinch is always looking into the direction of the photographer