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Thanks Peter. Yes they are shy, but cannot resist is there is acorns to offer:-)

Glad you like it.

Thank you Eerik. Yes they are!

Thanks for comment Red.

Thanks for watching.

Thank you Mike and all the best. Arne

Winter came early this year.

Hats off to Eerik who has a demanding job (he leads Estonian Customs Board), has two small kids in family and still finds time to devote himself to nature photograpy. Wish all my students would be ...

Eerik, nice to see you here. Algus on tubli, jätka samas vaimus. Arne

Thank you Mike P7000. I taught photography 32 years so I know what effect shutterspeed and Fnumber have. But sometimes there is simply no light to use faster SS or smaller Fstop. Can you imagine?

Thank you for your comment Greyser.

Thank you BernieGro. It seems that subspecies japonicus looks a bit different than our european coccothraustes.

Thanks Carlos, #2 is actually my favorite too.

Thank you Red. The pool beside my hide is actually too small to get a good reflection. Need to work on it.

It is our largest finch and has a massive bill. But yes, gorgeous!

Thank you Lez325. This is my combo for bird photography too - small, light, very sharp and good IS. I plan to add battery grip to camera for even more balance.

Thanks for watching Mike. Arne

A shy bird and not very common here (about 20 000...30 000 breeding pairs in Estonia).

Thank you Martin. ISO 5000 is not the best to demonstrate resolution, but hope this helps.

Thanks TGelgen, I was lucky with this Triple.