Wired for Sound!

I was watching this Goldfinch singing away for several minutes. I was told years ago, that Canary breeders used to put a Goldfinch with their young Canaries, as they have such a wonderful song. This one was very close, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to get a picture of one of these beautiful birds.

Have you ever noticed how camera shy birds are? They seem to wait just long enough for the auto-focus to work, and then as you try and compose the shot, off they go! It took five attempts to finally get this.