GOLDIE IS GETTING TAMER by markp

GOLDIE IS GETTING TAMER

Britain's smallest bird, a Goldcrest hopping around the garden.

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This looks similar to the teensy ruby-crowned kinglets I see sometimes in coastal Texas. Such a pretty shot, and if they're like the kinglets, difficult to capture because they don't stay still. Lovely...
November 30th, 2017  
@featherstone26 Thank you very much Sue. Yes they are related to your kinglets, and yes they share the same habit of continuously moving around and rarely pausing.

We have two very similar ones, this the Goldcrest, with a yellow flash on his crown, and a very much rarer and more local one, a Firecrest with an orange flash.
November 30th, 2017  
Such a beautiful shot and an instant Fav. I have only seen one of these twice but would dearly love to see them again!
November 30th, 2017  
Wonderful, he’s tiny, we have a little wren that hops around our garden, I thought that was small!! Fav
November 30th, 2017  
A beautiful capture of this lovely little bird. The only time I saw one, was in Madeira, and then only briefly. Fav!! 😀
November 30th, 2017  
Fabulous capture, composition
November 30th, 2017  
Beautifully framed
November 30th, 2017  
Lovely shot
November 30th, 2017  
fabulous capture and focus.. fav
November 30th, 2017  
Another beauty - your focus is always so amazing. Fav
December 1st, 2017  
Sweet :)
December 1st, 2017  
@rosiekind @carolmw Thank you both for your lovely comments. This can be quite a good time of the year to see Goldcrests, although they prefer conifers, you can see them them on the bare branches on deciduous trees and bushes. They also seem to spend more time down on the lower branches, searching for food and once found they can be amazingly confiding. I have stood before now with my face less than twelve inches away from them.
If you keep your eyes open near groups of conifer trees or bushes, you might spot the sudden movements of them flitting through the branches.
However the easy way, (once you have learned it), is that like Kingfishers and groups of Long Tailed Tits, Goldcrests are very noisy, they have a very high pitched call, which you often hear before seeing the bird.

If you want to hear it, I am sure there are plenty of recordings on line.
December 1st, 2017  
@markp. Thanks very much for the info
December 1st, 2017  
@markp Yes thanks Mark - really helpful info
December 1st, 2017  
Lee
This has got to be one of your best for me. A wonderful shot Mark.
December 2nd, 2017  
Fabulous capture.
December 2nd, 2017  
Great capture
December 2nd, 2017  
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