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15-JUL-2010 Jeewa

American goldfinch on Canada thistle

Here is a classic shot! Jeewa took several photos of goldfinches eating thistle seeds, often turning upside down to reach all the seeds. Goldfinches and thistles seem to go together, because the birds time their nesting to coincide with the production of thistle down , which is the seed fluff left when the flowering is over. As you can see here, the production of seed is underway.

Canon EOS Rebel T1i
1/320s f/6.3 at 250.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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