Molting

I thought this goldfinch looked cute during his molting!
Molt is the process of feather replacement. All birds do it; they have to grow new feathers once or twice a year to stay warm, dry, and airborne, and in many cases they grow differently colored feathers at different seasons to match their surroundings or to impress others of their species.
Top Twenty week of April 12th, 2024

[Tunia McClure]

beautiful

[LManning (Laura)]

Beautiful closeup of this patchy fellow.

[Babs]

What a sweet little bird.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

He's adorable! Great shot.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

how beautiful

[Louise & Ken]

What a precious photo! The mallards are molting, but not so cute!

[Shutterbug]

This beauty shouldn’t have any trouble attracting a mate. It has such vibrant color.

[eDorre]

What a cutie

[Diana]

A lovely bird beautifully captured.

[Christina]

Fab shot

[Beryl Lloyd]

A lovely shot cute bird even in moulting !

[Bec]

Aww…doesn’t he. Such a beautiful colour and well captured.

[Issi Bannerman]

Gorgeous yellow birdie!

[Joan Robillard]

Fab

[Brian]

Gorgeous shot

[Agnes]

The yellow bird is beautiful

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful goldfinch and a lovely shot.

[Merrelyn]

Lovely capture.

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture

[Junan Heath]

Lovely shot!

[gloria jones]

Neat capture

[Kate]

Great capture and great info about molting

[Beverley]

So glad I just Thai gorgeous bird, beautiful detail fabulous capture. Love it!

[Rob Z]

He sure is fluffy too. It'll be interesting to see what he looks like when he's finished molting.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[Judith Johnson]

Great shot, a very fluffed up goldfinch

[Linda Godwin]

He will soon have all his colorful feathers in.

[Boxplayer]

Delightful capture

[CC Folk]

Love this one! Congrats on the TT!

[Peter Dulis]

Love it - Congrats on TT

[Vesna]

This photo is on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Congratulations Kathy, on this being one of the Top Twenty for the week.

[Kate]

Congrats on TT