male chaffinch

.... he seems to be trying to make sure no-one is going to come in and chase him off while he's eating, doesn't he. Or perhaps he just likes looking at the scenery! TTTW

.... what to eat. The roof is just covered LOL In February they're still in winter dress, not quite so colourful as they look now. I went to Loch of the Lowes yesterday and some of the males looked stunning. TTTW

More January snow pictures - don't think I've shown you a Chaffinch for a bit. I rather like how the snow had stuck to his bill LOL. TTTW We've had light snow showers this morning, but it's not come to much and hardly anything has stayed so far. They're forecasting more yet, of course. I'll...

That was a very cold morning, but how pretty it looks. It's snowing again here this morning, but pretty wet stuff, so not sure if it will lie. I've heard that up the glen, a few miles from here, there's about 7 in lying snow. Rather glad I don't live up there any more LOL. TTTW I tried...

Mr Chaffie seems to be enjoying the menu that day. Thought it was rather funny that the angle of this picture makes the peanuts look almost as big as he is LOL. TTTW

This Chaffinch doesn't seem to be able to make up his mind what to choose from the offerings LOL The staff at Loch of the Lowes sure look after their feeders and keep them well stocked!! TTTW

Back home and this handsome male Chaffinch came in to feed. Their fresh spring colours look so pretty, don't they. Lovely birds to look at, even if they are messy eaters LOL TTTW

Another under the tree cover, but managed to brighten this one up a little. He's looking very handsome in his early spring livery, isn't he.

I don't think he could've crammed much more in there LOL. It's really rather funny with that feeder.... sometimes I need to re-fill it every few days; other times it's more than a week! Sports Mode Settings Continuous f/5.6 1/160 sec ISO 400 Exp bias 0 Focal length 59mm Max aperture 3 Metering...

September was a month when we had a spell of lovely weather. I'd decided that, on the whole Sports Mode was working well, especially in combination with burst, or continuous shooting. Though I need to be quite strict about not holding the button down for too long at a time... even then there's...

For such a small bird the Chaffinch has been known to live for up to thirteen years. Although this is not the norm, many do live for several years.

Followed this guy for a few minutes, until I got a pose I liked. This was taken around the same time as the white-tailed male was visiting. The ID forumers reckon it was just normal moult, but I've never seen it before. Shutter Priority settings f/5.6 Exp 1/800 sec ISO 640 Exp bias 0 TTTW

I chased this guy around for a few days, got loads of profile shots, but they didn't show his tail LOL. He doesn't seem to be around just now. Whether he's gone south for the winter and I'm now seeing birds from further north and the continent, I'm not sure. I'll only know if he comes back in...

Told you it was to be a 'finchy' day, didn't I. In the same area, I got this male Chaffinch and a female Bullfinch who I'm sure is curtseying to the chaffie. Sorry if the other picture seemed to be a bit out of focus, maybe I cropped it too much. I'll learn!