finches

finchy finch

The finches that frequent our feeders flew away, fearing my footsteps.

Thankfully, they didn't fly too far, and I have a 10x optical zoom on my camera.

Unfortunately, I have no lens hood, and things (like snow) get on my lens very easily.


P.S. The goldfinch, as seen in the middle of the photo, is the New Jersey state bird. (Officially, anyway. Many people contest that our state bird is the mosquito.)

P.P.S. Look what I made! :)

3 comments:

Mo said...

I love this photo it reminds me of growing up in NY and watching the birds when I was a kid.

Janet said...

Spectacular!

Janet said...

To answer your question on my blog about the Japanese Magnolia blossoms, those are this year! They are about the only blooming, except for daffodils, but it is still winter here. We are having alternating warm, stormy weather followed by cold windy days. The temps are still below freezing some nights. While that is still winter to us, I suppose it would be spring further north.