You Are What You Eat - Orange-red Male House Finche
Jan 30, 2022 16:50:49 #
Birds cannot make red for their feathers without the proper supplements in their diet. So male House Finches (and other finches) that don't get a proper diet before a molt tend towards Orange or even Yellow.
Shot yesterday with a 7DII+Tamron 150-600 G2 under cloudy bright conditions through a double pane glass door which affected the feather detail focus and contrast. The hawks must have been elsewhere as I had tons of finches, sparrows, doves, some crows and one lone male Lesser Goldfinch in mating colors most of the day. Just as the camera achieved focus and before I could complete the press to take a shot he took off like a little yellow and black rocket and I never saw him again-just a few females/immatures in their olive, gray and black colors.
Today in the sun and warmer temps I am getting birds but not nearly in the numbers as yesterday.
Very close, gathering seeds just out side the door at about 6+ feet
7DII, Tamron 150-600 G2 @ 375mm he was so close. 1/1000 @ f/6.3, ISO-2000
Back light from a cloudy bright day and front light from the reflection off the glass door so the image came out looking almost like a painting/illustration in a bird book
All orangish red, where ever he came from he lacked the proper nutrients for full on red, if he keeps eating the vitamin enriched bird seed I put out he will be red his next molt
Shot yesterday with a 7DII+Tamron 150-600 G2 under cloudy bright conditions through a double pane glass door which affected the feather detail focus and contrast. The hawks must have been elsewhere as I had tons of finches, sparrows, doves, some crows and one lone male Lesser Goldfinch in mating colors most of the day. Just as the camera achieved focus and before I could complete the press to take a shot he took off like a little yellow and black rocket and I never saw him again-just a few females/immatures in their olive, gray and black colors.
Today in the sun and warmer temps I am getting birds but not nearly in the numbers as yesterday.
Very close, gathering seeds just out side the door at about 6+ feet
7DII, Tamron 150-600 G2 @ 375mm he was so close. 1/1000 @ f/6.3, ISO-2000
Back light from a cloudy bright day and front light from the reflection off the glass door so the image came out looking almost like a painting/illustration in a bird book
All orangish red, where ever he came from he lacked the proper nutrients for full on red, if he keeps eating the vitamin enriched bird seed I put out he will be red his next molt
Jan 30, 2022 18:02:03 #
Colors seem right and the image is remarkably sharp shooting through double pane windows.
Jan 30, 2022 20:28:57 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
Colors seem right and the image is remarkably sharp shooting through double pane windows.
Thanks very much.
That is fairly dirty double pane glass. I haven't cleaned off the water marks from our rains last week or dusted them from our winds this week.
Jan 30, 2022 22:38:26 #
Jan 31, 2022 02:17:54 #
UTMike wrote:
Excellent result with all the issues, Bob!
thanks very much
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