{"id":108821,"date":"2022-12-18T04:26:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T11:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=108821"},"modified":"2022-12-18T04:26:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T11:26:51","slug":"female-house-finch-eating-crabapples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/12\/18\/female-house-finch-eating-crabapples\/","title":{"rendered":"Female House Finch Eating Crabapples"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was able to get outside in the bitter cold for about an hour yesterday and found myself focused on a female House Finch eating crabapples close to home.<\/p>\n

\"FemaleFemale House Finch eating crabapples \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 640, +1.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

The first time I had photographed House Finches eating crabapples<\/span><\/a> was ten days ago after a snow storm went through the Salt Lake Valley.<\/p>\n

It was only 14\u00b0F when I photographed this female House Finch in the crabapple tree. These bitter cold temperatures followed nearly a week of snow falling every day. Even brief exposures to the cold yesterday morning made my hands hurt but it was worth it to get out with these urban birds. I needed to be with them and to be outdoors.<\/p>\n

This House Finch was perched on a small branch above the crabapple<\/span><\/a> that she was eating where she had to bend and twist herself to feed on it. There were times that I laughed out loud while I watched and photographed her mealtime contortions. A few times I thought she was going to lose her grip on the branch and drop to the ground.<\/p>\n

I took more than a hundred images of this female House Finch gorging on this single crabapple yesterday morning. In the future I may share more photos of her. I had a rather severe visual migraine yesterday afternoon which knocked me for a loop. After the migraine subsided I didn’t feel like processing many images at all.<\/p>\n

These House Finches may have been eating these crabapples every winter that I have been in Utah. I might have just missed seeing them when they have been gorging on them. Paying more attention to the crabapple trees may be a benefit for me!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my House Finch photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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