RSPB big garden bird watch - goldfinch by jantan

RSPB big garden bird watch - goldfinch

Installed myself in front of the kitchen window this morning to play my part in the RSPB bird watch. Well I was immediately rewarded by my first ever sighting of two goldfinches on our feeder. Things were looking promising!

My optimism was very short lived when I quickly became convinced that we must have been sabotaged by somebody tethering a cat in our garden or something because for the next twenty minutes or so all bird life disappeared. My mood wasn't helped by Graham very helpfully and hilariously shouting out 'golden eagle' and such-like. Oh how I laughed!

Anyway things slowly came back to normal and most of the usual suspects showed up, but not in the numbers that they usually do.

More birdy visitors in my 'other stuff' album
LOL - same happened to me last year !! Still, a lovely capture of this chap. I'm aiming to do my BGBW tomorrow
January 26th, 2013  
Lovely colours
January 26th, 2013  
great capture - such a cute coloured bird.
January 27th, 2013  
Love the bird!!

On a second thought, do you have a son by the name of Sam?? Because I just found a child on here name Sam Hall. Just wondering.

Nice shot again!!
January 27th, 2013  
Great capture of this beautiful bird!
January 27th, 2013  
@centermd Yes Micah, he did 365 for about 5 days last year
January 27th, 2013  
@jantan LOL wonder how i found it...
January 27th, 2013  
What a lovely surprise, so colourful, lovely shot
January 27th, 2013  
I've tried alsorts to get them in my garden! I find either everything (well the usuals) are out or nothing at all!
January 27th, 2013  
Lol!! Super capture!!Great lack of birds in my garden so didn't do the bird watch.I blame next door's cat ...it's always in our garden!!
January 27th, 2013  
Gorgeous capture... and sorry the time was not as fruitful as one would wish.... love your write up of the event.... (cat tethered up in the garden... lol!!) as for Graham shouting "golden eagle" well that was just side splitting.... ♥ fav ♥
January 28th, 2013  
Amazing capture! It sounds like quite an eventful morning at your house.

You DID get a photo of the golden eagle, right? ;-)
February 3rd, 2013  
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