Song trush

 This young Song trush is having a great time while bathing.

You can see by his looks, how much he is enjoying it. 

Bullfinch

 What about this extremely amazing color combination.

The foxgloves happens to blossom right beside the birdbath...and then a bullfinch male, (goudvink) comes to have a bath!

So beautiful! 

Hawfinch

 

 

I seems to me that the hawfinch, appelvink has young. 

I see him gathering food and flying away with a full beak.

I the basket above (hanging in the tree) are sunflower seeds. So to me it looks like he is picking up these seeds, the other birds spilled over the basket. 

Because he is a rare bird here, its great to have this bird having a nest close by. 

Appelvink. Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes

 

Gold finches

 Everyday, last week, there are a couple of goldfinches, (carduelis carduelis, distelvink, putter) having a bath in my birdbath!

I greatly enjoy them. They are so colorful with a red face and yellow feathers.
They are so beautiful!

Bull finches

 The bull finches (goudvinken) are around again in my garden. 

Having a bath in my birdbath every day and even two or three times a day. 

They are such beautiful stunning birds. Once you've seen a bullfinch, you will never forget them. 

The male looks like a candystick in his pink-orangy colors. Here he is watching in a branch, while she is having a bath.

This morning I heard him sing, which was as well so beautiful.

Little wren

The smallest of the smallest, having a bath. 

He is so quick and cute.

Haw-finch

 Yesterday I had a rare bird in my garden, I do not see very often.

Very shy bird. I had some sunflowers for the birds in the basket and there he was feasting on them.
Such a  nice bird. looking a bit angry or fierce because of his extreme big bill.
In English named Haw-finch, We name it Apple-finch. (Coccothraustes coccothraustes).

Little wren

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Little wren came along last week.
Searching for little snacks...He is so cute,
He is one of the smallest of the smallest.
On the top-photo you can hardly find him...

Bullfinches together

 Today, the bullfinches came together to have a bath. Lovely nice weather and lost of splashing!

female bullfinch

Last week I have been sitting with my camera on my watch post, to be able to capture the bullfinches.

Mostly they came once a day. In the beginning it was between 10 and 11 in the morning, but later they had another schedule for bathing. 

Anyway, passion and patience did the job for me.

I also made some oil paintings. They are such inspiring beautiful birds.
 

Bullfinch/goldfinch

 

Almost every day I saw the bullfinch in the birdbath smashing around. (Here named Goldfinch)

So much orange/pink in a bird is astonishing!

Carduelis carduelis

 Interesting that this bird is named in english 'Goldfinch' (Carduelis Carduelis)

Here in Holland he's named Putter. I love this bird. 

Bull finch

 A few days ago, I spotted this awesome bird in my garden. I rarely see him.

He looks like a tropical bird, with all this bright pink feathers! In Dutch he is named: Goldfinch. however in  other countries they name him Bullfinch. He is definitely golden!

Smallest of the smallest

I haven't seen him for years.

To be exactly, it was in 2020 May 14 smallest of the smallest

This small bird...the Gold crest, (Regulus regulus), (Goudhaanje), is the smallest

of the smallest under the birds.

He has a beautiful golden crest in his head...and he is flying/moving extremely fast.

I was so happy to see him again, because I was thinking he might have disappeared totally.

Wagtail

Sometimes a wagtail comes here to have a bath when it is very warm...

He is very funny ...wagging his tail all the time.

European Goldfinch

 In my garden a rare bird. The European Goldfinch,(Carduelis carduelis), Putter of Distelvink,

I don't see him very much, but when I see him, my heart jumps up!

Though its a very unsharp photo I don't mind so much.. he's eating the seeds of the beautiful blue wild cornflower. 

I sowed the seeds a few years ago in my garden and they do really good! He seems to love them too!

Bullfinch, goldfinch

 Finally I got a chance to get him on camera.

Before that, the images were unsharp, or I had no camera nearby when I saw him bathing.

Today I was on the right spot with my camera...and look at this beauty in his pink/orange feathers.

Stunning bird to watch!

Little wren

 The smallest of the smallest...

I hear him a lot in my garden...loudly tickering, defending his territory.

He has, so to speak the loudest voice when it comes to protecting what is his.

When you're small you need that I think. Letting hear your voice you're there.

I love this little birdy...extremely quick and fast and so now and then he takes a quick bath.