Goldies~

On By cindy knokeIn Birds, Conservation, HOLLER HAPPENINGS, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Wild Life

Holler Lesser Goldfinch,

females,

posing up a storm!

Coiffed,

and ready for their close-ups,

Mr. DeMille.

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Mr. Goldfinch, refusing to be outdone, wants a portrait too.

Cheers to you from The Holler posers~

214 thoughts on “Goldies~”

      1. I gotta watch that movie again!
        Hey, you could name your bird – Gloria!
        So now you have taken better shots than mr. DM! 🤭

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  32. Such a cheery-colored bird, Cindy! Thanks for getting so close that we can view them in all their glory. They do rather look like they’ve been to the salon, don’t they?!

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    1. Oh my! I am envious. I want to see photos of the bear raids! When my son was in grad school, he was studying rattlesnakes. He set a wildlife cam to monitor them and forgot about it. Eventually he retrieved it, but never looked at it. I found it and looked at the photos. It contained hundreds of photos of bears and cubs engaging in all sorts of amazing behaviors. We were fascinated დ

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  52. OK Cindy, confess, you dress up like a big old pile of yummy seeds to attract their rapt attention? However you do, birds do like you. (Me too) Read a book once how some folk walk through trees, what birds?, they say. But they move like a wheelbarrow of bricks. Birds long seen & heard, left or gone quiet. Takes a knack to move like you’re no threat, just making passing friends. That charm seems yours. Beautiful.

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    1. So kind and thoughtful of you Neil and so appreciated too. I love birds and they do perhaps sense it as they are very smart creatures. Take good care my friend and thank you very much დ

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    1. They are a treat especially since they only started showing up here this year. Now there are lots and I am happy! There are three types in the US. Happy you have them to enjoy დ

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  64. I saw some Goldies in spring. Not sure where they went. I’ve got purple finches, and red Cardnials and Blue Jays… and of course Black birds!! 🙂

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          1. Thank you for a great article. I’m not a scientist and find technical articles difficult to read (I get bored easily😂) but this article was very well written for a layman such as myself. I guess there’s an exception to every rule and wouldn’t you know that Darwin would break it all down for us. Thank you, Cindy.

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  80. Oh so wonderful to enjoy intimacy with the goldfinches here, Cindy. You did a great job of capturing that special lemony element that I love so about goldfinches.

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