Seed gathering

Gallery: AvianPosted October 31, 2013101 views2 comments

As I was photographing the gold finches at the shallow pools I noticed several of them were adorned with seeds from plants in the restored prairie area. The finches had developed a pattern in their seed gathering. First they would fly into the field, then to some nearby trees and from there down to the small pools for a drink and bath. Then repeat the flight pattern. This finch has a seed on it's breast.

Canon SL 1
1/800 @ F-5.6 ISO 400
Canon EF 70-300 IS USM @ 300mm + 1.4TC
mid afternoon light

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Comment posted by Robert Bunch on October 31, 2013 at 11:04 AM

Another nice GF shot. You got a lot of mileage out of that little water hole.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on November 2, 2013 at 12:17 PM

I can clearly see the seed stuck to he finches breast, cool

Thanks for sharing your behavioral observations from the field John

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