Scruffy Coal Tit and Goldfinches
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Scruffy Coal Tit and Goldfinches
Hadn't seen any Goldfinches in the garden for a few days but after a quick top up of nijer seeds they were back and happy.
a couple of Coal Tits
and a Blue Tit
a couple of Coal Tits
and a Blue Tit
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Superb image Phil - you can really see the difference good kit makes to the feather detail - those goldfinches are to die for! 
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You have done well with the Goldfinches. That scarlet face is very difficult to capture.
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Your bird shots are wonderful Phil, they inspire me to try harder with my garden bird shots.
The Scruffy Coal Tit struck a cord with me, as I took some pictures of a poor scruffy Tit feeding it's fresh looking juvenile a few years back.
The Scruffy Coal Tit struck a cord with me, as I took some pictures of a poor scruffy Tit feeding it's fresh looking juvenile a few years back.
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The little bird you call a coal tit is exactly like our Blackcapped Chickadee...does yours sing...dee dee dee?
And am sorry but as lovely as your Gold finch is, it is not what I know as a gold finch...I will hunt up some photos of our Goldfinch...Shirley
And am sorry but as lovely as your Gold finch is, it is not what I know as a gold finch...I will hunt up some photos of our Goldfinch...Shirley
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Shirley - American Goldfinch is very different, and absolutely beautiful! It's also actually gold! Whereas ours is not!
Black Capped Chickadee is similar to our coal tit - but it's not the same genus even. It's more like Marsh or Willow in looks...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_Chickadee
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Black Capped Chickadee is similar to our coal tit - but it's not the same genus even. It's more like Marsh or Willow in looks...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-capped_Chickadee
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very nice indeed.. love all of the little details you can see in these tiny birds. they never seem to sit still long enough to see those details unless you can grab some photos.
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Cracking shots Phil. Good Goldfinch images 
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Thanks for the nice comments folks.
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