The goldfinch imaged here had been burying its head into catkins on a frosty morning in March 2006. Taken at Clowes Park in Salford.
Canon 20D, Sigma 500f4.5 , tripod
ISO 200
f8
1/320 Sec
The crop is slightly larger than I would have wished since I have simply lifted the image from another site and resized. Edited using Elements 2 , levels, saturation and a bit of dodging and burning and sharpening.