Cheerful Visitor by ladymagpie

Cheerful Visitor

Once I had returned from my friends home, you know the one with the beautiful gardens, I decided to strip down to the bare essentials as I tried to cool down from the incredible heat we had yesterday. Don't worry the blinds were closed up so as not to shock the neighbours, or passing walkers, but it did give me a great opportunity to capture this pretty Goldfinch.

I was looking at my feeders through the narrow slits of my blinds when just a few inches from me on the other of the window were a pair of cheerful visitors who were really enjoying the sunflower hearts. I got my camera out and put it careful through the blinds and got this fabulous capture. Obviously the birds didn't know how close I was because if they had seen me they might have fallen off their perches in shock.

Thank you for your usual lovely comments and FAV's for my night sky.
Beautiful colors on this bird!
July 20th, 2016  
I can picture you Heather, stripped down to bear essentials, peeping through the blinds with the camera......
so that is what a golden chaffinch looks like. It is a beautiful bird, with gorgeous colours. so glad you captured him perfectly with seeds in the mouth. great details
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July 20th, 2016  
Great shot.
July 20th, 2016  
What a gorgeous bird!
July 20th, 2016  
Bep
Gorgeous bird. Fav.
July 20th, 2016  
Love goldfinches...fav
July 20th, 2016  
Great capture
July 20th, 2016  
Gorgeous bird, beautifully captured
July 20th, 2016  
Ha ha Heather what on earth do you get up to in the middle of the day? I think the bird is peeking!
July 20th, 2016  
What a fine piece of wildlife photography; it looks like a model posing for you. I love those warm tones and the pose of the little fellow.
July 20th, 2016  
The mind boggles as to what you are up to behind the curtains! Did you have a cold shower too while you were in the right frame of mind? Certainly this bird is worthy of your good photo!
July 20th, 2016  
Lovely capture through the blinds
July 20th, 2016  
Beautiful bird. I think he may have spotted you though, he does look a bit startled.
July 20th, 2016  
What a beauty! Instant fav for me!
July 21st, 2016  
A real beauty
July 21st, 2016  
One of my favourite birds :) Just heard on my news that you are having a rare heatwave! Drink plenty of water! fav
July 21st, 2016  
Nice capture. What is hot?
July 21st, 2016  
@johnfalconer Thanks John, It always seems hot to me as I should have been born a polar bear, my Mother got it wrong (Wink)
July 21st, 2016  
Smashing crystal clear shot Heather
July 21st, 2016  
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