hawfinch

only once seen before without camera....

Three more oldies today, sorry I haven't been able to get out much.

Still with my winter holiday. This Hawfinch was a regular visitor to the garden feeders. Hand held with my little 4500 through a window - definitely think I'm looking for a superzoom for such occasions, judging by the stuff that some of you churn out with them.

tripod; -0.33 EV; 1/125s; f/7.1; ISO 200 One shot taken during my last session with my faithful 20D - just before its shutter left me for the last time ...

Well, looks a bit miffed to me anyway! Glaring past that big beak at me.

In the Netherlands we call the Hawfinch "Apple Finch". I never knew why, untill I took this shot this morning ;-). Something different than the usual bird on a stick. all the best, Luc

Well known bird...seen it a 'number' of times, being fairly local to it. Though still waiting to get a decent shot of it perched nicely on a branch!! - Mike

Showing how powerful its beak is, as it takes on a whole peanut.

Another Hawfinch, this one has been taken yesterday on a dull grey, rainy day. I like the way the colours are under these conditions. Hope you like it!

Another Hawfinch from the same serie my last pictures were from. This one is cropped a bit due to rotation. The light conditions were dim, so I had to use iso1600 with this one. I was very pleased about the (lack of) amount of noise at this rate using the mark lll! I used a 500mm/f4 lens. The...

A portrait-cut Hawfinch. It's a crop (of course, they're not that tame ;-) ), about 12,8% of the original pic. I believe it's another individual as the one I posted yesterday. The photo was taken from a hide, from about 5m distance. Something totally different than the other pic, but I wanted to...

Yesterday I felt like kid in a toy store: I was in the fortunate position to spend a morning on a location with a.o. a few Hawfinch. A rather shy species, and very high on my most-wanted list. This pic is uncropped. Hope you like it!

A bit of a closer crop to show the large beak on this bird. Hope it stays around - certainly an attraction on the Chase at the moment.

Making light work of the seeds and nuts laid out.

This is the first one I've seen in the wild and was definitely worth the early start. Strange looking, but striking, and their beaks are both large and powerful. Made light work of the peanuts on offer.

Todays Hawfinch

This was a lifer for me last month,but i never managed a decent shot of it.I got lucky yesterday when she landed about 10ft from my car.