Friday 16 July 2010

Goldfinch - Καρδερίνες ...



Goldfinches are the bird of this summer ...Their song is wonderful ...and they don't stop singing all day ...I suspect they start a new breeding season after maybe a succesfull one before ...



Today the breeding behaviour was obvious.... they were bringing nest materials on the big pine ....Lets see ...In fact the place where they put nest material is almost invisible ...It is on a high branch and among four cones and a lot of fresh pine needles.. None can disturb them here ...neither my camera )))



Goldfinches are a common bird for the area and they normaly breed around but this year the family choose our yard like their own home ...This is great ..isn't it ?



There are several young birds around. You can see that the colours aren't fully grown on them ...


This bird is almost full grown,,, Some others are even more difficult to ID  but the yellow at wings is well visible