Goldfinch

I think he's spotted me....

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Facebook dialog about the photo I posted a year ago today (copied below):

Dave Evans: How long did you have to wait for this shot?

Me: Aha! An interesting question.

Technically less than 1 minute, but I was shooting continuous mode so "wait" is the wrong word. Overall I shot 44 pictures over the course of about 5 minutes from three locations; this was the 19th in the set. Didn't know I'd caught it until I reviewed the images later.

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For that matter, I didn't know the bird had dropped the seed until I reviewed the images...

Photographing birds has some resemblance to baseball photography. If you look at this pic's EXIF data you'll note that I'd not changed the settings since the previous day's ballgame. They're a good starting point.

Also like sports work, bird photography requires anticipation and involves some portion of luck. The sort of just-shoot-lots-of-pix mentality described above (and here) is probably a necessity.

On the other hand, I'm no more a bird photographer than I am a serious birder. So take these comments with a grain of salt, and study the wildlife photographers I mentioned a few days back.

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This photograph is an outtake from my 2012 photo-a-day project, 366 Snaps.

Number of project photos taken: 44
Title of "roll:" Goldfinches & Grackles
Other photos taken on 5/9/2012: 21 rather dull pix, with the Nikon 1--"Flowers, a Cat, Birds"