Finch on feeding sock, originally uploaded by Shirley Buxton.
In San Diego, the home of our friends the Stevensons backs up to a golf course and birds abound near them. I have seen their feeding sock completely covered by finches. Usually, we only have one at a time on ours, but I have seen three. Wild finches are feisty. Ours are aggressive and try to keep others off the sock.
i am so amazed that u have so many picture of birds. they r really hard pictures to get. u didnt take these, did u?
Yes, Daniel, I did take them. I stood on our back deck to snap this one. It’s easier to get fairly good pictures of birds when you have a decent camera. I was using a long lens to get this shot, a 70-300.
wow. that is a really good lens. what kind of camera do u have.
Shirley, you are a very talented photographer. I admire your skills. I’m guessing, by the nature of your photos, that you’re also very patient. Another trait that I greatly admire. That is something that I have not gotten a handle on yet. Oh, well, mama says not to pray for patience, because God will just continue to send trials to test the newfound gift.
As for my name, my daughter’s friends call her by her surname (Hockett), rather than her given name, as there were 9 girls with her name in the graduating class alone. One of her friends decided that I, in turn should be Hockamama. I wouldn’t put it past my crew, however, to think of pawning me. Hmm…
Daniel, I have a Nikon D50.
Hockamama, I truly don't think I'm a talented photographer, but I do enjoy taking pictures. Having a digital camera and being able to immediately load the images onto the computer really makes it nice.
Patient? I have rather a calm nature and am patient most of the time, especially with people. My impatience readily rears its ugly head when I am confronted with challenges of the technical variety.
Thanks for the history of your name. I love it. But I don't believe your crew would pawn you–you're too nice–I can tell, and this is my blog and my decisions stand.
Blessings
Just gorgeous!!!
wow nice camera
The answer is Wikipedia.
what? lol
Cool, neat picture! What do you use to get the pictures so big? I want to put some bigger ones on my blog like that.
I use Flickr and that’s the size that comes up. Sometimes I would like the pictures a bit smaller, but haven’t taken the time to figure out how to do that.
Those finches are so tame, I can get within five feet of them before they fly away.
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Shirley,
Thx for this link. I love birds and I have a huge Bird Aviary in my back yard stocked with finches and canaries. If you like, under my ‘projects’ tab, I have “How to Build an outside Aviary” on my website.
I’m in the process of converting all my website projects, trips, etc. to blog format. So, I’ll be updating my blog with these website entries and hopefully have everything in ‘one place’.
I’ve posted a new entry this morning. Come have some ‘morning coffee’ with me. Have a great day! Regards.
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