House Finch, Roger’s Pond, Kennebunk Maine.

I misread the thermometer getting ready to go out yesterday and was considerably underdressed for the 17 degree temperatures at Roger’s Pond on the Mousam River in Kennebunk Maine. But there was a flock of feeding birds there, visiting the ornamental berry tree, and they kept me out until I was way too cold. House Finches and Goldfinches, Eastern Bluebirds (all around but not in the berry tree), Cedar Waxwings, Blue Jays, and both Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers. It was quite a show, and I got enough good pics to make freezing bearable 🙂 

This House Finch has clearly been eating too many of those red berries already…it is rare to see one so intensely colored, especially in winter. Of course the winter light helps. I have closer shots, but I like the berries in this shot almost as much as the bird. 

Sony RX10iii at 600mm equivalent field of view. Program Mode. 1/640th @ ISO 100 @ f4. Cropped for scale and composition and processed in Snapseed on my Android tablet.