A Taste Of Winter/Pine Grosbeak by Gary Fairhead
One of my favourite winter migrants and its hit and miss if they show up in the Ottawa ON area or not… This male is distracted by the feeding frenzy they get into and they are one of the messiest eaters I have seen. They appear to dig out the seeds and leave the flesh of the fruit behind, on the snow below or more often on their beaks. It can in fact be difficult getting a shot of one with a clean beak.
Ottawa Ontario Canada
Canon 30 D and 400 F5.6L with 580EX (for fill) .ISO 200 1/500 sec F6.3 / monopod.
Comments
Beautifully done! I love the red against the snow background.
Wonderful capture…a lovely spot of color in the dead of winter!
Beautiful as always and well done getting this red bird on the red fruit – nice talking to the animals
Beautiful capture Gary…I appreciate your personal observations here!! Just what we are looking for in the Songbirds group!! Well done!!
beautiful shot Gary
A fabulous capture – - – beautiful!!!
excellent shot !
This is a stunning image,
excellent work, Ann
This IS remarkable – beautiful, messy fellow!
Wonderful little guy! Love this one Gary!