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30-MAY-2014 Christine Hanrahan

Little lost bird

While I was talking to a few people at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden, this little bird suddenly appeared, flying straight at us, almost as if relieved to hear human voices, and to see us. Not your typical behaviour, and we were all startled, until the bird landed and I could see it was some sort of finch, mostly white, but with faint yellow on the wings. It hung around us for a short while and several of us held our hands out hoping it might land on them, so we could catch it. It was obviously very used to human company, but not to the extent of trusting us enough to land on our proffered hands. It is clearly a lost bird, possibly escaped from a nearby house. Its chances of survival are slim. I tried to relocate it after it flew away, but with no luck. Poor little creature.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/2000s f/2.8 at 108.0mm iso125 full exif

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joseantonio03-Jun-2014 04:11
Lovely framing for this beautiful capture.V
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