American Goldfinch
Originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.
Found in a lightly wooded area near the salt marsh I usually haunt in my search for egrets and other shore birds. This one was a bit peeved from near constant distractions by a bee trying to visit the same thistle.
I tried all morning to get this bird, between his shyness and hyper activity it was useless until he landed on this thistle with a large boulder between us. I low crawled up to the boulder and set up the tripod and camera to just clear the boulder. I was so happy to have gotten the shots when he finally did fly away I had to shout. No one noticed but the nearby grazing sheep who obviously already think I’m nuts.
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