“I don’t feed the birds because they need me; I feed the birds because I need them.”
― Kathi Hutton
Sharing for Marsha’s Wednesday Quotes, Denzil’s nature challenge, and Cee’s Flower of the Day.
It is not too late to join me for this week’s Sunday Stills’ Monthly color challenge: Yellow.
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[…] Terri shares her images of American Goldfinches feasting on sunflower seedheads. […]
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Thanks, Kirstin!
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A good thing indeed! ☺️
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Funny how well the goldfinch is camouflaged by the sunflower, particularly when he is eating upside down on his head!! We must have had a sweet little bird fly into our tall living room windows last week because I found the prettiest little crumpled, bright yellow body beneath the window. It looked like a tropical bird as we really don’t have a lot of pretty colorful birds in west Texas. Made me so sad for him. Gorgeous captures, Terri. Double sunshine with the bright bird and happy sunflowers.
Hi Leslie! How are you? I was thrilled to get such sharp images of the ravenous goldfinch. Aww, sorry about the bird that flew into the window. Sad when that happens. And you just reminded me to change the suet cake in the feeder! Now if all this ridiculous wildfire smoke would clear out!
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Thank you!
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My pleasure, thanks for hosting the challenge 😁🌻
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What lovely birds! They’re different from our goldfinches (I don’t have any good photos on my blog so see here: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/animals/birds/goldfinch/)
I love that quote Terri – it is so true. Who does not get pleasure out of watching birds? That goldfinch is pretty agile to enjoy those seeds. I especially like the photo with the caption “Yep, I’ll contort for seeds!” They are difficult to photograph as they flit here, there and everywhere. I think they make a game of it when they see the camera! 🙂
Thank you, Janis! It’s fun to see how many types of birds that visit the sunflowers and the birdbath!
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Thank you, Lisa! My cameras does a great job!
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Thank you, I feel lucky to catch him in action!
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Happy Wednesday, Frank!
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