{"id":61687,"date":"2019-11-26T07:03:12","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T14:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=61687"},"modified":"2024-05-21T09:49:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T14:49:33","slug":"upside-down-winter-american-goldfinch-feeding-on-wild-sunflower-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/11\/26\/upside-down-winter-american-goldfinch-feeding-on-wild-sunflower-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Upside Down Winter American Goldfinch Feeding On Wild Sunflower Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Goldfinch hanging upside down to feed on wild sunflower seeds – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/2500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I feel a little like this American Goldfinch this morning, meaning I feel like I am upside down because of issues on my web site that started just after I woke up at o’dark hundred. My site has been bouncing up and down all morning much the same as this goldfinch was when it was trying to feed on the seeds of a wild sunflower in a breeze at Farmington Bay WMA a few weeks ago. Up and down while upside down.<\/p>\n

This American Goldfinch is in its winter plumage which is a heck of a lot duller than they look in breeding plumage but they are still beautiful birds.<\/p>\n

This isn’t the post I had planned but it will have to do.<\/p>\n

I still don’t know what the issue is even after calling the hosting provider so even if I get this post published it might still bounce up and down for a while. Or it might look really strangely formatted, at this point I just hope I can press the “Publish” button and that it will work.<\/p>\n

So… if you are reading this, I am glad this post got published. Trying to work on this post this morning has been like trying to work with a belligerent, drunken yo yo.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good even when it throws you a curve ball.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

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

I feel a little like this American Goldfinch this morning, meaning I feel like I am upside down because of issues on my web site that started just after I woke up at o’dark hundred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2715,27,1022,697,26],"tags":[2716,2649,4286,4040,3504,3495,6198,6199,6454,4246,2135,2717,2214,1028,4307,5480,5063],"class_list":["post-61687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-goldfinches","category-avian","category-davis-county-utah","category-farmington-bay-wma","category-utah","tag-american-goldfinch","tag-common-sunflower","tag-eating","tag-feeding","tag-finch","tag-finches","tag-goldfinch","tag-goldfinches","tag-hanging","tag-nonbreeding-plumage","tag-seeds","tag-spinus-tristis","tag-upside-down","tag-wild-sunflowers","tag-wildflowers","tag-winter-plumage","tag-yellow-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t