bird photography : pine siskin

I never expected to find a new life bird in the back yard, but a Sunday morning in early spring brought a large flock of Pine Siskins to our thistle feeder and gave both Beth and me another first-time bird.

Equipment: Canon EOS 30D Canon EF 300mm f4L IS with 1.4x Teleconverter Settings: f8; 1/1250 sec.; focal length at 420 mm; ISO 200 Date: April 5, 2009 9:16 am Location: Chateau Papillon / Fairfax, VA