House Finch

This House Finch posed for me a few minutes. I don't see them very often around here.

Very nice shot Bill, I'd be glad to send you some more of these guys if you need me to.

beautiful color and detail.

Nice! I have one has been coming to my feeders for some weeks, I need to shoot him, my next challenge

Very nice image Bill. Good to see somebody is getting them I just dunno what happened to mine this Winter hopefully they will come back .

Nice shot too! Why dont they show up around there in DFW? They are all over the place here just south of you.

Shar824 wrote in post #14001761
Very nice shot Bill, I'd be glad to send you some more of these guys if you need me to.

Thanks for the comment, Sharon. Yes, send me some. Would a parcel post flat rate box work?

rick_reno wrote in post #14001832
beautiful color and detail.

Thanks, Rick.

GMHY wrote in post #14001894
Nice! I have one has been coming to my feeders for some weeks, I need to shoot him, my next challenge

Thanks for the comment, Gerard. I just found this guy by pure dumb luck while I had my camera in my hand.

andrewhuxman wrote in post #14001969
Very nice image Bill. Good to see somebody is getting them I just dunno what happened to mine this Winter hopefully they will come back .

Thanks for the comment, Andrew.

JTX wrote in post #14004020
Nice shot too! Why dont they show up around there in DFW? They are all over the place here just south of you.

Thanks for the comment, JTX. I spotted this guy near the town of Caldwell which is about 100 miles northwest of Houston and 200 miles south of where I live in the DFW area. I have yet to see them around here.

A nice shot Bill. We have quite a few Finches here on the east side of the Metroplex. It's strange and I guess it's just the area. In the nearly 10 years of living here, I very rarely see or hear Blue Jays.

lovely shot Bill

That is a very pretty capture Bill; I love the colors and the color these guys bring to the backyard.
I too have noticed that their numbers are reduced this year in my area. I have no obvious reason for it either.

Bill Boehme wrote in post #14004142
Thanks for the comment, JTX. I spotted this guy near the town of Caldwell which is about 100 miles northwest of Houston and 200 miles south of where I live in the DFW area. I have yet to see them around here.

Oh I see you weren't Home at the time of the shot. Interesting. I would have thought these guys were more active around more of the state than just down here towards the coastline.

txcanon wrote in post #14004462
A nice shot Bill. We have quite a few Finches here on the east side of the Metroplex. It's strange and I guess it's just the area. In the nearly 10 years of living here, I very rarely see or hear Blue Jays.

Thanks, Brad. The Blue Jays and Crows are gradually coming back on the western side of the metroplex after being nearly wiped out by the West Nile Virus several years ago.

kmunroe wrote in post #14004970
lovely shot Bill

Thank you, Ken.

CamFan01 wrote in post #14005793
That is a very pretty capture Bill; I love the colors and the color these guys bring to the backyard.
I too have noticed that their numbers are reduced this year in my area. I have no obvious reason for it either.

Thanks for the comments, Steve. I wish that they would show up in the DFW area. They are very pretty birds and I don't think that the sRGB color space of the posted image is able to do justice to the beautiful red color.

JTX wrote in post #14007727
Oh I see you weren't Home at the time of the shot. Interesting. I would have thought these guys were more active around more of the state than just down here towards the coastline.

Even at Caldwell, I don't spot these birds very often. It is interesting that Cardinals seem to be one of the most abundant bird around Caldwell, probably due to the abundance of yaupon hollies. Where I live in the Metroplex, I only see cardinals occasionally.

Pretty shot and pose Bill... I have never seen a House Finch here, I always get the Purple Finch instead... they should be returning soon.

Dave

Beautiful bird and nicely captured.