Unfortunately from the photography point of view lighting is getting difficult, especially in this mornings bright sunlight as there are many dark shadows.
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.
Unfortunately from the photography point of view lighting is getting difficult, especially in this mornings bright sunlight as there are many dark shadows.
Unfortunately from the photography point of view lighting is getting difficult, especially in this mornings bright sunlight as there are many dark shadows.
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Still excellent shots, glad they are back.
ReplyDeleteIts 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.
ReplyDeleteThanks Adria. I pleased to see there are several which seem to have escaped the dreaded infection.
ReplyDeleteIt 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. ;)
ReplyDeleteDelightful photos John, I'm so glad things are returning to normal.
ReplyDeleteWe have had horrendous weather here, hope it has been better there.
Yeah! Glad they are back and well. They look very happy with their meals!
ReplyDeleteHello Jan. It is nice to see a bit of activity round the feeders.
ReplyDeleteSome heavy rain and very blustery winds from time to time but I think we escaped the worst of it.
Hello Kelly. They all did look fighting fit and healthy and certainly enjoyed their food.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures, and lovely text , a great read indeed!
ReplyDeleteLovely shots John. Great to see them coming back so quickly.
ReplyDeleteThank you Gary, Jen and Ruby.
ReplyDeleteThank you Keith. It seems like ages. One sure thing about argumentative birds - always scope for action shots.
ReplyDeleteHi 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.
ReplyDeleteThe 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.....
No worries, Tricia. There is a life outside blogging. ;) I find it hard to keep up with all the interesting blogs I have found.
ReplyDeleteSome feeders are fairly new and they all got a good scrub when they were removed from use for a while.