Finch Invasion Year?
February 4, 2009
Article in: Photography
Whether or not Winter 2008-2009 is “officially” an invasion year for winter finches can be left to the experts. But northern Illinois has been inundated with beautiful birds from the far north.
Pine Siskins have been so numerous the resident House Sparrows have been delegated to the front bushes, forbidden from the backyard.
Here we have one Pine Siskin and one Common Redpoll sharing a thistle sock {digiscoped}
Common Redpolls are outnumbering Dark-eyed Juncos nearly 3:1 and there have been reports of Hoary Redpolls throughout the Chicagoland area. (We have yet to find any).
Common Redpoll {digiscoped}
With so many redpolls, there’s bound to be a squabble over seed {digiscoped}
Crossbills seem to be everywhere, the Reds being much more camera shy than the White-wingeds.
White-winged Crossbill
Thus far, this has been an excellent winter for birding. Now if we can just get an Evening Grosbeak…
Phriday Photo (and Video) – Pine Siskin & American Goldfinch
January 2, 2009
Article in: Photography
Side-by-side comparison of an American Goldfinch (left) and Pine Siskin who were hanging out on our thistle feeder. This was digiscoped with the Birdfreak Swarovski Digiscoping Setup through a window. Camera was our Nikon Coolpix 5100 (point-and-shoot).
Video clip also through the scope and Nikon camera.
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