House Finch on a Snowy Branch, originally uploaded by ifringe.

Yes, I know that yesterday I posted a beautiful summer picture, but I confess that I had peeked at the forecast before I did. And today… it snowed, right as expected. Throughout the day it snowed harder then softer, softer then harder, but it never really [...]]]>

House Finch on a Snowy Branch, originally uploaded by ifringe.

Yes, I know that yesterday I posted a beautiful summer picture, but I confess that I had peeked at the forecast before I did. And today… it snowed, right as expected. Throughout the day it snowed harder then softer, softer then harder, but it never really quite stopped making for an all in all gorgeous day.

The birds didn’t stop eating, either. In fact, they went through somewhere just around 100,000 pounds of bird food (well, it certainly seems that way. I know, I exegete. It is closer to 2,000,000 pounds), but that’s OK because it was so amazing to see all the birds hovering around the feeder.

Which brings us to this particular photo. This House Finch was captured on a branch just after it visited the feeder; it was probably deciding if it should go back for seconds, or thirds, or maybe 100ths. In any case, though, it sat on the branch long enough for me to grab a camera, focus it, and get this picture. In perfect timing the finch took off just after I pressed the shutter, but leaving just after is way better than leaving just before.

It snowed today. The birds were out, and it was a lovely day for pictures.