Snack Time
by Marilyn Smith
Title
Snack Time
Artist
Marilyn Smith
Medium
Photograph - Photography-digital Art
Description
This tiny little two-toned gray bird known as a verdin, is only found in the southwest area of the United States. The adults have a yellow head along with a shoulder patch of chestnut brown. These very active little creatures can be found in the desert shrubs and love to tug at the red-orange flowers on the cape honeysuckle bush. They build large grassy ball-shaped nests with side entrances. Our little visitor really loves a fresh orange slice at the feeder and comes back for every last tiny morsel and then chatters for more! They are hard to capture in a photo as their movements are very quick and it is rare that they will sit still for very long.
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January 10th, 2015
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Comments (8)
Doug Kreuger
Outstanding digital comoposition, Marilyn! —Love the intense light on the orange slice, and the reflected colors on the bird's breast! L&F
Marilyn Smith replied:
Thanks so much, Doug! He just kept posing as long as the orange lasted! They are very flighty little birds and don't sit still long.
Angela Davies
So adorable and sweet, LF Reminds me a bit of the goldfinches here.
Marilyn Smith replied:
They are so cute and hard to capture. They don't sit still long! Usually they are flitting about in the honeysuckle bush that has red flowers!
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