I went out the other day to take a picture of the water lily pads that have come up so far this season. Right when I was holding the camera, a goldfinch landed on our waterfall, and flew right away again. I did not have time to focus or zoom. Dang. This is what I got:
Goldfinch at the waterfall of my goldfish pond
Here is a close-up. I can’t zoom in closer than that or it gets grainy. As I said before, rats:
Goldfinch at the waterfall of my goldfish pond close-up
Around here, I see a goldfinch once or twice each spring. They just pass though on the way to someplace else. I’m happy I was able to get this picture, even though it is not a close-up.
I have a lot of different species of birds who come to my pond, and I’ve tried to take pictures of them all, but the camera is not always with me at the right time.
Some years back, a great egret, a bird three feet tall, landed on my roof and looked down at my pond, thinking about eating my fish. That is one time I did not have a camera with me.
I did, however, get a couple of pictures of the great blue heron, also three feet tall, who came day after day to eat my goldfish…
As I said in this post,
I had mixed feelings as a birdwatcher on one hand and a Pet Mom on the other hand. But, I got some pictures of him that are on that post.
I tried a contraption that did not work. It is called a “Koi Kastle”. Read about it here: The squeaky wheel pays no return shipping charges
Also see this post that has the solution to the problem: That great blue heron is never going to eat my fish again!
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