Saturday, 16 April 2011

Long-tailed Rosefinch

Long-tailed Rosefinch

Long-tailed Rosefinch photographed at Toyanogata on April 10, last year, (2010). I really hate the branch behind the bird and if I could be bothered it would be interesting to paint it out using photo software. (I don't like fake wildlife photos).

The cherry blossoms have come out this last week and after some beautiful weather from Monday to Friday, it's storming with thunder and heavy rain for Saturday morning (now). I've been told that many birds such as Blue-and-white Flycatchers haven't made it to Niigata yet (this spring) although someone saw a Long-tailed Rosefinch a week ago.

Long-tailed Rosefinch

3 comments:

Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok said...

The male Long-tailed Rosefinch is so lovely. I've only seen a female once and couldn't manage to get any good photo of it...

Stuart Price said...

Nice one, they are such a cute little bird but tricky to photograph......

Tammy said...

Lovely bird.