Saturday 14 November 2009

Greenfinches Return

As regular readers will know I had to remove many of the feeders some time ago as there was an outbreak of the trichomonad parasite which was badly affecting many of the Greenfinches and some of the Goldfinches. Since I put the feeders back in place I had only seen the odd Greenfinch and thought many must have perished. This morning, despite the blustery wind, it was great to see at least four Greenfinches arguing over the few available perches.

Greenfinches
Greenfinches
Greenfinches

Unfortunately from the photography point of view lighting is getting difficult, especially in this mornings bright sunlight as there are many dark shadows.

14 comments:

  1. Still excellent shots, glad they are back.

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  2. Its great to see the birds back again! They have not forgot you:-) I only see two Greenfinches at the most, I use to see ten in my garden a few years ago.

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  3. Thanks Adria. I pleased to see there are several which seem to have escaped the dreaded infection.

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  4. It is Lynmiranda. I had started to think most had been infected. Also nice to see the Goldfinches though nothing like the hoards I had earlier in the year, which is a blessing for peace and quiet. ;)

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  5. Delightful photos John, I'm so glad things are returning to normal.

    We have had horrendous weather here, hope it has been better there.

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  6. Yeah! Glad they are back and well. They look very happy with their meals!

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  7. Hello Jan. It is nice to see a bit of activity round the feeders.

    Some heavy rain and very blustery winds from time to time but I think we escaped the worst of it.

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  8. Hello Kelly. They all did look fighting fit and healthy and certainly enjoyed their food.

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  9. Great pictures, and lovely text , a great read indeed!

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  10. Lovely shots John. Great to see them coming back so quickly.

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  11. Thank you Keith. It seems like ages. One sure thing about argumentative birds - always scope for action shots.

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  12. Hi John ( my apologies for my absence in commenting). Great to see the finches returning and fingers crossed that the dreaded Tricho is now a thing of the past.

    The two finches in the first picture seem to be having a real ding dong which is so typical of finches!

    Seeing your sparkly clean feeders has reminded me that.....

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  13. No worries, Tricia. There is a life outside blogging. ;) I find it hard to keep up with all the interesting blogs I have found.
    Some feeders are fairly new and they all got a good scrub when they were removed from use for a while.

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Thank you for visiting. Hope you enjoyed the pictures. Any comment, or correction to any information or identification I get wrong, is most welcome. John

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