Lesser and American Goldfinch standoff, "I was here first"

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Allen's at the feeder

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M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Handsome molting adult male yellow rumped warbler

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Anna's at rest

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M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Red-shouldered hawk profile using a branch as a leg rest

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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House finch brightening up a gloomy morning

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X with MC14
1250mm
1.80 f8 hand held
ISO 1600

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California Scrub-Jay posing

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Colorful California Towhee emerging from brush

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Male finch airborn with a mouthful

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Gull overhead. Ring-billed or California, hard for me to tell.

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Spotted Towhee making a 2nd appearance. What a treat.

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Bold stare from a Great Horned Owl chick

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Light adult Red-tailed Hawk soar

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Great Horned Owl chick waiting for dusk

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Vermilion Flycatcher. First siting for me.

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Swinhoe's White-Eye in cherry blossoms

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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Allen's eying cherry blossoms in the next tree over

OM-1 Mark II
M.Zuiko150-400 f4.5 TC1.25X

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One more American Goldfinch.
Soft rain and light. I love the colors on these finches.

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Wary female Lesser Goldfinch on our feeder pole this morning.

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Last image of these two. A sqabble ensued.

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Same session, this time a male lesser goldfinch eying the feeder.

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Male lesser goldfinch incoming to feeder. Shot at 1/4000 f5.6 iso 1600

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Male house sparrow incoming to feeder.
Shot at 1/4000 f5.6 iso 1600

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Male house finch leaving the feeder

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