My Little House Finches

We have a bird feeder on the back deck and get quite a few visitors. Daily, as I eat breakfast and lunch, the House Finches are flittering between the tree, fence and bird feeder. I think they are getting used to me and it really does seem like they are posing. Shooting them lately has been a challenge as we get little sun in the backyard now that it is autumn. The Fuji XT3 with the 100-400 mm lives on the dining room table, ready to capture those little cuties!

Camera: FujiFilm XT3 - 100-400 mm

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Baalbek Lebanon - Virtually Via Google Earth

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