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Goldfinch


Goldfinch
Photo Information
Copyright: Gary Martin (tirc83) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 11 W: 0 N: 28] (675)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-06-01
Categories: Birds
Camera: Canon 20D
Exposure: f/7.1, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2005-06-06 13:52
Viewed: 1619
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Taken in the gardens of the chateau at Chenonceau.

Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
AKA: European goldfinch
A highly coloured finch with a bright red face and yellow wing patch. Sociable, often breeding in loose colonies, they have a delightful liquid twittering song and call. Their long fine beaks allow them to extract otherwise inaccessible seeds from thistles and teasels. Increasingly they are visiting birdtables and feeders. In winter many UK goldfinches migrate as far south as Spain.

Likes trees and bushes with areas of tall weeds nearby. Often breeds near man in parks, gardens, nurseries, orchards and churchyards. In wider countryside likes woodland edges and heaths and commons with gorse and hawthorn.

What does it eat? Seeds and insects in summer.
What does it sound like? A liquid, twittering song with trills; twittering calls
Did you know? The scientific name Carduelis comes from the Latin for thistle.

Vital Statistics
Eggs: 4-6
Incubation: 11-14 days
Fledging: 13-18 days
Maximum lifespan: 8 years
Length: 12cm
Wingspan: 21-25.5cm
Weight: 14-19g
UK breeding: 230,000 territories
UK wintering: 100,000 birds
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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 855 W: 23 N: 942] (5111)
  • [2005-06-06 14:40]

Hello Gary, il est toujours bon de visiter les chateaux de la Loire, celà permet parfois de faire des rencontres autres!! Belle photo de chardonneret élégant avec une bonne composition et des teintes en harmonie. TFS Didier.

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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1575 W: 5 N: 2181] (12250)
  • [2005-06-06 21:10]

Très belle composition avec de superbe couleurs et une belle pose de l'oiseau.

Félicitations pour la netteté et le Bg.

Hello Gary
Wonderful shot. Excellent subject. I love these wee birds. They always sound happy. Great POV, pose and background. Nice work. Thanks

beautiful capture! Nice greens! Very effective overall composition. Well done.

Hmmm, wish I had one of a Goldfinch with a natural BG like this one Gary. Only nit is the lack of catchlight in the eye so I've done a workshop to put one in. Otherwise very nice image - sharp, detailed and, as I said great setting. TFS :)

Hi Gary,
I love all your bird-shots - they are wonderful - special this one. I tell you why:
The same bird than this also visited my garden and we were so proud to have the camera clear and made several shots - but all were overexposed, wrong setting - I nearly cried.
So thank you for this beautiful shot, I love it and remembers me to the single visit of this wonderful bird, bye
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • Etka Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 91 W: 0 N: 59] (508)
  • [2006-07-24 9:29]

Czesc!
Piekny strzygiel (goldfinch)! Wspaniale ujety. Rewelacyjne barwy i detale!

Gratuluje!

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