Goldfinch

[wls3]

Goldfinch in winter colors.
In summer body of bird is bright yellow.

Bill

 

[woodsac]

I honestly, am amazed at how cystal clear you catch these tiny birds! Super shots everytime :thumbup:

 

[Killx]

Awesome photo - as woodsac said extremely clear and defined. I was just wondering how far away you were when you took this shot and what lens you were using?

 

[terri40 12]

Beautiful shot! I'd like to know your lens type, as well. Perfect exposure, great DOF here. :thumbup:

Do you think this could be a female, which would explain the muted colors? Or are the females mostly brown?

A pleasure to view.

 

[wls3]

I was just wondering how far away you were
when you took this shot and what lens you were using?

All of these shots were taken with a Canon 100-400mm
lens and at pretty close range, some not full zoom.

Do you think this could be a female, which
would explain the muted colors? Or are the females
mostly brown?

While the female looks something like this, Goldfinch colors
mute in wintertime. This one is still changing. In summer
the males have a black mark atop their head. It runs from
their bill over their eye to about the center of their head.
You can still see some of that color on this bird. Also the
white color of their underside is a sign of winter coloring.

Thanks for the comments and questions

Bill

 

[tekzero]

perfect shot

 

[skiboarder72]

excellent!!:thumbup:

i need my telephoto