{"id":47758,"date":"2017-07-21T04:53:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T10:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=47758"},"modified":"2024-05-21T04:47:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T09:47:31","slug":"cassins-finch-with-his-head-tilted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/07\/21\/cassins-finch-with-his-head-tilted\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassin’s Finch With His Head Tilted"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MaleMale Cassin’s Finch with his head tilted – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2000, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I photographed quite a few smaller songbirds while I was up in Idaho and Montana last week and I didn’t think I was going to have an opportunity to take images of any Cassin’s Finches because they all seemed so skittish. I’d see them and then they were gone before I could even get my lens on them.<\/p>\n

But while photographing a delightful female Mountain Bluebird feeding one of her chicks at the edge of a road I caught some movement on my left side with my peripheral vision. When I looked over I saw a male Cassin’s Finch perched on a fence post. I quickly swung my camera in his direction figuring he would be gone before I could lock onto him but I was pleasantly surprised when he hung around long enough for me to take a series of 22 images of him.<\/p>\n

I especially liked this photo of the Cassin’s Finch with his head tilted and with him looking at something nearby rather than looking directly towards me.<\/p>\n

I didn’t have the good fortune to photograph another Cassin’s Finch on my trip so I am glad I took the time to take photos of this one looking around his home in the Centennial Valley of Montana.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good. Birds are great.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Cassin’s Finch photos plus facts and information about this species.
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I didn’t have the good fortune to photograph another Cassin’s Finch on my trip so I am glad I took the time to take photos of this one looking around his home in the Centennial Valley of Montana. 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