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Feed The Birds!

Feed The Birds!

This was taken yesterday in my back garden. We had some beautiful light after a very dull start to the day and I took advantage of it.
I used the Canon 75-300 IS lens but the bird feeder is about 3m away from my backdoor so I can’t get as close as I’d like. This is a very close crop of a much larger image. The original crop is 1188×1188 pixels but I really like how this came out.
There is purple fringing on the highlight around his mouth, and in his eye but it’s not too bad thankfully!

Tags: Birds, Blarney, Cork, Cork Photos, finch, Ireland, Irish photos, irishblogs, Nature, Photos

Further Reading:

• The birds of Schull
• Cupid’s Arrow and the birds
• Feed the swans at the Lough
• A flock of birds on the Lee
• A resident of Alcatraz

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5 Responses to “Feed The Birds!”

1. Matty Says:
   February 19th, 2006 at 4:37 pm

   Donncha, this one is a greenfinch. I believe it gets its name from the fact that its a member of the finch family and it’s fairly green. I might be wrong, though.

2. Sidney Says:
   February 19th, 2006 at 9:46 pm

   Amazing shot! Perfect timing! What is he eating?

3. Donncha Says:
   February 19th, 2006 at 10:05 pm

   Those are peanuts. They go mad for them! It’s amazing to see about a dozen birds waiting on the fence for their chance to eat!
   Thanks Matt, I hoped you’d know what type of bird it is!

4. Eric Says:
   February 20th, 2006 at 5:46 am

   what a great timing. and that’s one cute bird.

5. John Says:
   February 20th, 2006 at 1:44 pm

   Very good detail in the Finch.

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