Saturday 27 April 2013

A few birds from the garden ...........................................................................

 It was bright sunshine for a while in the garden this morning... and all the feeders are topped up.
Here are just a few of the birds that dropped by.

Goldfinches are always lovely birds to see... and I am getting plenty at the moment.

 They love the sunflower hearts.

Greenfinch.

 A tiny Long-tailed Tit was gathering nesting material.

The male Blackbird was also scratching around in the undergrowth. 

 House Sparrow...

... and more shots of the Goldfinch to finish off with.


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25 comments:

  1. Carole M.27 April 2013 at 13:49

    great to be getting some sunshine and the birds really enjoying being out and about (like we do!). I love the long-tailed tit gathering moss to line it's nest 'Drew.

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  2. MadSnapper27 April 2013 at 13:52

    the goldfinch is like a mini rainbow.

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  3. Bruce Clark27 April 2013 at 15:16

    Nice shots of the different birds. Great colors!

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  4. Coloring Outside the Lines27 April 2013 at 15:24

    Nice pics- the goldfinch is very pretty in the sunlight.

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  5. The Herald27 April 2013 at 15:27

    A great selection of visitors to your garden there Andrew, they're obviously well looked after!!...[;o)

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  6. TexWisGirl27 April 2013 at 15:48

    your blackbird ALWAYS gets me! so handsome!

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  7. carol l mckenna27 April 2013 at 16:08

    Wow! Fantastic macro photography of nature's beautiful gems ~ ^_^

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  8. Anonymous27 April 2013 at 16:15

    I love to see your garden birds, Andrew! The goldfinch is really colorful.

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  9. Bob Bushell27 April 2013 at 17:15

    Nicely done Andrew, and with the Long-tailed Tit, isn't he/she glorious.

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  10. Joanne Olivieri27 April 2013 at 18:39

    Excellent shots and I love that little house sparrow.

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  11. Kenneth Cole Schneider27 April 2013 at 19:12

    That goldfinch is so beautifully colored. Would love to see on, as they sometimes show up here. Love the detail on the blackbird. Sometimes it is lost when photographing black on black.

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  12. Sharon Whitley27 April 2013 at 19:16

    great photos of your garden visitors!

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  13. Anne (cornucopia)27 April 2013 at 19:28

    What a colorful collection of birds you get to see! You are very lucky!

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  14. HansHB27 April 2013 at 20:44

    Lovely photos!
    Great bird-post!

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  15. Anonymous27 April 2013 at 21:20

    I love your goldfinches, so different to ours.

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  16. Anonymous28 April 2013 at 00:50

    Beautiful colors in that goldfinch. Nice detail!

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  17. grammie g28 April 2013 at 01:11

    Hi Andrew...Love seeing your feeder and backyard friends!!
    Especially love the Long Tailed Tit collecting moss, just precious!!
    Grace xx
    thanks for commenting on my post!
    I will try to come by more often!!

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  18. Grandma Barb's This and That28 April 2013 at 04:31

    Your goldfinch is so colorful. It don't look like our goldfinch here in the United State.
    Visiting from Weekly top shot.

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  19. Brian King28 April 2013 at 04:40

    Fantastic variety! I love your Goldfinches with their red and black masks. The Long-tailed Tit and Blackbird are beautiful.

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  20. Anonymous28 April 2013 at 05:37

    Wow - such sharp details. Really gorgeous photos!

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  21. eileeninmd28 April 2013 at 09:30

    Great series and beautiful birds. My favorite bird is the Goldfinch!

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  22. Anni 28 April 2013 at 12:05

    The finch images are stupendous. I've not seen one of these in our yard....yet. So, color me hopeful and a bit jealous!!

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  23. Unknown28 April 2013 at 13:25

    Beautiful finch series!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  24. Laloofah28 April 2013 at 15:07

    Seriously, that's a goldfinch? They look so different from ours, which look like little lemondrops when they get their summer coloring! Yours is really beautiful - whomever named them "goldfinches" ignored all their other colors! :-)

    I ADORE that first photo!!

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  25. Phil Slade29 April 2013 at 08:06

    With Green and Gold finches you must spend lots of time topping those sunflower seeds up and sweeping up afterwards Andrew.

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