European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis

The Goldfinch or European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. I snapped this specimen with a Lumix pocket camera, model DMC-TZ6 (12x optical zoom) f 5.6, 1/640s, ISO 125, focal length 49mm. The bird was perched at a distance of about 20 metres from my vantage point on the [...]