Goldfinch baby

[OBie]

Well, I was trying to be good today - my day off - and get things done, when I looked out the window and saw a Rose Breasted Grosbeak. I haven't seen one of those in years. So I grab the camera, tripod, etc. and head outside to wait. Along comes the cutest little goldfinch I've ever seen. I was so engrossed with taking his picture that a Great Heron could've landed on my deck and I wouldn't have noticed. He let me get pretty close towards the end.

He was working very hard to get the seeds open. So hard that he had to take a short nap on the feeder! (#1) Then he woke up, hopped around the deck, checked things out, and then down to the lawn. I never saw any parents around, nor heard them calling, so I hope he'll be OK - he seemed to be struggling and not a very good flier yet.

(The orange triangle in the upper left corner of #2 & 3 is a pot on the deck)