American Goldfinch perched in Winter
In addition to the House Finch, the American Goldfinch has started reappearing in the past week. Shown here are several perched in the Butterfly Bush with a snow-covered background and light snow flurries.
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A Dark-Eyed Junco in Winter
These images were captured on the same day I photographed the Northern Cardinals in the snow. I shot with Canon 7D Mark II and the Canon EF 100-400 F/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens handheld throughout the mid-morning.
The Juncos and American Goldfinches were quite abundant only intermittently being chased off by a Gray Squirrel or Blue Jay. My objective with these photos were to blowout the backgrounds as much as possible isolating the bird. A few of the birds cooperated by perching atop the feeder in the snow or on the hanger wire. I particularly like the images with the snow flakes on the bird's beak.
These images are processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC for exposure, crop, and clarity/sharpness.
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American Goldfinch perched atop a bird feeder
Dark-Eyed Junco perched atop a bird feeder
Dark-Eyed Junco in the snow
A stretching Junco on an exposed edge of the bird feeder
A Junco in profile on a butterfly bush branch
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An American Goldfinch perched atop an evergreen tree.
Another photo from earlier this year. An American Goldfinch perched atop an evergreen tree with a bright blue sky in the background.
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The yellow Goldfinches are back. This one was particularly vibrant.
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