The House Finch has Returned

He is back this year but the house sparrows beat him and his female to the nesting spot in the cedars. He sits in the nearby tree and sings for hours a melody that drifts through my window and is pleasing to the ear.I shot these with my hand held , fully extended lens as he is a bit skittish-not good shots , but a celebration of spring.

This entry was posted on April 10, 2014 by Jane's Heartsong. It was filed under Photo Blog and was tagged with Alberta, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM, Canon Rebel XS, house finch, Spring.

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10 responses

Morgan

Lovely Little Fellow 🙂 we have alot of these as well and are a welcome sight!

April 10, 2014 at 11:56 am

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- My Heartsong
  
  Thanks for visiting and your comment.A pair appeared last year for the first time in this neighbourhood-glad they are back.
  
  April 10, 2014 at 12:04 pm
  
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Garden Walk Garden Talk

I love these little guys. We get very few, maybe they are more shy than other songbirds. I got a neat photo at dusk of one. It comes late to the feeder to avoid the other birds.

April 10, 2014 at 2:08 pm

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- My Heartsong
  
  I must go to the library to get a book on bird behaviours.Apparently they used to be restricted to the American southwest.
  
  April 11, 2014 at 7:24 pm
  
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Maxine Lozinski

do enjoy listening to the Finch’s.

April 10, 2014 at 8:20 pm

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- My Heartsong
  
  Me too, it is nice to wake up to their singing.
  
  April 11, 2014 at 7:25 pm
  
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bayphotosbydonna

Sweet song from a sweet bird, glad they returned for you! I enjoy them also.

April 11, 2014 at 1:03 pm

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- My Heartsong
  
  Don’t think my neighbour upstairs appreciates them so much as they are closer to his window.
  
  April 11, 2014 at 7:26 pm
  
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Lynn Manyfires

Lovely photos. Thank you for sharing this with us. You have real talent.

April 11, 2014 at 7:48 pm

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- My Heartsong
  
  Thank you for stopping in to see photos and for your compliment.
  
  April 11, 2014 at 8:56 pm
  
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