best buds!

[annmpacheco]

Taken from my blind and hoping a bird would perch on this magnolia bud, it did! This is a small tree I planted in my yard several years back and the birds also like to chew at the greens on the bottom of the buds... Again, no good light, so i am making the best with what i have, all the while controlling for noise...

D850
600mm

ISO 1600
6.3
1/400

[David Roach]

Another beauty out of that special hide. Love the perch, composition, details and killer BG. Here's hoping for some sunshine. TFS

ps
great title...

[dankearl]

I like the flower and I like the bird, my eye just goes back and forth between the two...

[John Mack]

Nice to see this goldfinch coming into breeding plumage. The perch is neat. Like the flowet atop of it. The dark green background is nice as well.

[gail bisson]

Love the bird, love the flower-just wish they were closer together.
Gail

[Debapratim Saha]

Beautiful composition,like the perky pose on the perch, a lovely image.

[Bill Dix]

Lovely colors and comp. By the time he gets to full breeding plumage you will have trained him to get closer to the bud.:S3:

[Arthur Morris]

Wonderful image design and a killer pose. Was the perch branch still attached to the tree?

with love, artie

[annmpacheco]

Wonderful image design and a killer pose. Was the perch branch still attached to the tree?

with love, artie

Hi Artie, Proudly, yes it is, it is in my yard, I planted it several years ago, rather still small overall but thriving.

[Arthur Morris]

It must be a rather cooperative tree!

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