Bird in the Hand - The Story ... !

[Venomator]

I have been very privileged and also very fortunate this morning ...


First off ... Jill cleaned the windows at the weekend ... including the Garden Room french doors (my office) ... :D


Returned after making my third coffee first thing to find Benson sniffing too closely at something on the decking just outside the single open door (of a pair) ... :suspect:

On investigation I saw it was this little fella/fellaress ... :shrug: ... sitting stunned on the deck and looking a little the worse for his experience ... so I picked it up and, as I usually do cupped it in my hands to let it warm up and gather its wits again ... ;)

It had obviously clobbered the closed door and stunned itself - there were traces of blood you might just see on its beak ...

And I thought I might get a pic or two and believe it or not ... :eek: ... although I usually have the 80 - 400mm attached to the camera it was sitting on my desk ... switched on (see other thread !) and with the Nifty Fifty attached ... otherwise there is no way I would have been able to take any of these ...

Anyway ... I have already posted the first in the Bird-in-the-Hand quiz HERE (http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=30377) as correctly guessed by Matt and confirmed by Janice it is a young Greenfinch ... so here he is after posing voluntarily for around five minutes before it decided enough was enough and took to the trees right as rain once more ...

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/628/RLG8845.jpg


http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/628/RLG8848.jpg


http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/628/RLG8869.jpg


http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/628/RLG8866.jpg


Hope you enjoyed sharing my wonderful experience ... great way to start the week ...


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[InaGlo]

Awww! what a really lovely experience for you Ven!

Wonderful that you managed to get some piccies from it too ... love the 2nd to last shot! :thumbs:

Hope all is well with the little mite now.

Thanks for sharing.



Memo for Glo: Clean windows ... get birds stopping by! ;)

[Venomator]

Thanx Glo ... :thumbs: ... really pleased to be able to share the experience and the right lens was on for once and the camera was in the right place at the right time and in the right mode ... :D





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[Yv]

I can think of far worse starts to mondays mornings, although the greenfinch has probably had a better one in its short life, I bet it didn't clout a window last monday ;)
Thanks Ven, lovely pictures and a nice story to start the week. :)

[Venomator]

I bet it didn't clout a window last monday ;)

They weren't clean last Monday ... :eek: ... and they don't all survive the experience so in that respect it was rather fortunate ... :shrug:


Thanx LL ... :thumbs: ... appreciate the comments ... :D




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[Hacker]

Great story to start the week with and backed up by excellent images, #3 & 4 do it for me as he is just sitting there when he could have disappeared. :clap:

[Miss McT]

awww what a little cutie (and i was very impressed with myself for knowing it was a greenfinch!) :)

[Fangman]

Wonderful set of pictures plus the satisfaction of the finch flying off.

Giving up feeders and perches for plate glass windows all round if this is the result!

[Grendel]

What a lovely story and some great shots to back it up. You were so lucky getting him to pose on your hand like that!

[Jo]

Awww :love: You're a hero Ven!

What a lovely story. And great pictures to go with it ;)

[scraggs]

A great story and nice pictures with it, glad it was ok, let that be a lesson to you, be like me and dont clean your windows.

[Venomator]

let that be a lesson to you, be like me and dont clean your windows.

And I thought it was only rain that was a dead cert after window cleaning ... :D


Thanks for all your comments guys 'n gals ... ;)




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[Ladybird]

Hi Ven, how lovely! :love: It would be a GREENfinch though!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Venomator]

What else LB ... :shrug: ... what else ... ;)


Wasn't planned though ... :eek:




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[Ladybird]

yeah right!!!!! :D

[Venomator]

So you're feeling MUCH better then ... :suspect:





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