Today's alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Fledglings. A recently fledged Pine Siskin picking up seeds under a bird feeder on the #BrucePeninsula, Ontario.

A juvenile Pine Siskin mostly hidden by grass eating a seed. The bird is shades of brown surrounded by green grass, most of which is out of focus. 

Photographed with a 10 year old DSLR and a manual focus telephoto from the 1980s.
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A juvenile Pine Siskin mostly hidden by grass eating a seed. The bird is shades of brown surrounded by green grass, most of which is out of focus. Photographed with a 10 year old DSLR and a manual focus telephoto from the 1980s.

5 comments — live from bluesky

Atlantic Birding · 1 · 10h ago
Lovely shot Dave
Dave Meredith · 1 · 10h ago
Thanks. With so many to pick from I went with one of the memorable ones. Pine Siskin are normally a winter visitor in this part of Ontario but that year some stayed in the area and bred.
robertjeff57-58.bsky.social · 1 · 10h ago
Wonderful shot
Dave Meredith · 1 · 10h ago
Thank you.
robertjeff57-58.bsky.social · 1 · 10h ago
Your welcome
LaffingKat · 1 · 10h ago
Nice shot!
Dave Meredith · 1 · 10h ago
Thank you. It was a year some Pine Siskin stayed in the area to breed so I wanted to record the young.
Amanda Mottorn · 1 · 10h ago
The green color beautifully highlights and frames the bird. Great catch.
Dave Meredith · 1 · 10h ago
Lying down in the grass with the bird to get to eye level helps with the framing.
Amanda Mottorn · 1 · 10h ago
I’d forgotten about the physicality of photography - to get that shot - and a brilliant lie down indeed!
Dave Meredith · 1 · 10h ago
Yes, although I can't do it as easily nowadays. With two damaged legs and both shoulders worn out getting down is 100 times easier than getting back up.
Amanda Mottorn · 1 · 10h ago
And yet you still are / despite the hardship.
Rob Crank Photography · 1 · 10h ago
Great capture Dave.
Dave Meredith · 0 · 10h ago
Thanks Rob.