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Friday, August 7, 2009

She Love Me, She Loves Me Not



She loves me...



she loves me not...



she loves me...



she loves me not...


she loves me...



That is what I thought of when I saw this goldfinch picking the petals off of the zinnia this afternoon. I carefully pulled the curtains back and took these pictures through the window.

37 comments:

  1. Robin...what a marvelous series of photos and what determination the Goldfinch has to reach his goal! Absolutely lovely photos! gail

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  2. I love those pictures I don't see many goldfinches around here. They are beautiful...Thanks for sharing!

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  3. Robin,

    Excellent photos!!! The gold finches here leave our zinnas alone. Tonight they flew into the garden to get to the sunflowers, we were sitting under them. A lot of U turns were made in flight.

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  4. Great pictures of a rotten little bugger! Makes you wonder when they just pull the petals off. Funny little birds.

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  5. What a gorgeous sight!the colors are so pretty.How is your Mother-in law doing?Hope things are still improving.
    Blessings,Ruth

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  6. Hahahahahahahaha :-)

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  7. So pretty ~ makes me want to hang my thistle feeder so they'll come back to my yard. (I took it down for the summer.) I didn't know they liked zinnias either!

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  8. Those are just the sweetest photos!

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  9. Very nice photographs. I like the idea that they are working on zinnias. I don't grow them because of the mildew they usually got. I do have some cone flowers the finch love to eat too.

    I liked the prose with the pictures.

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  10. Perfect captions for this series of photos. I bet the Goldfinch was thinking this too as it snacked.

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  11. Too funny! great photo shots.


    -Cathy

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  12. And I would be thinking ... 'Hey! Cut that out! You're ruining my flower!'
    LOL!

    Great photos Robin!

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  13. What beautiful pictures! :o)
    Sincerely ~ Tricia Anne

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  14. I love goldfinches. Butter in flight. Zinnias may have to be added to my garden, Robin. These are great shots!

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  15. I love this series of photos, Robin! The goldfinches are so much fun to watch, but you have a real feast prepared for them!

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  16. How delightful is that!!!! We have dozens and dozens of goldfinches that visit us in the winter (with their less-than-stellar drab winter coats) and I never saw them in the zinnias. How wonderful. Great captures.

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  17. OMG! This pictures made me smile!
    I LOVE them!

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  18. Oh Robin...these are PERFECT! Great work!

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  19. These photos made me instantly happy, Robin. Thank you for sharing them (and thanks to the goldfinch for posing for us. )

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  20. What a pretty scene as he decimated your zinnia! ;-) The scamp.

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  21. A very sweet series of photos and I love your interpretation of them! Reminds me when I was a kid, picking petals off daisies in my moms garden!

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  22. so delighted that you captured this...i was wondering why my zinnias were missing petals.

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  23. Just beautiful, Robin. So that is what is happening to the zinnias! Your shots with all the brilliant colors are happily blinding. Thanks for these prize winning photos.
    Frances

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  24. Robin, what wonderful pictures! I love goldfinches.

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  25. The Gold Finches are so fun to watch. They entertain me too.
    I loved this series of photographs...
    Sherry

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  26. Beautiful photographs, lovely subjects....How wonderful to capture some of the special events in your garden. I love the Goldfinches and here, they enjoy Zinnias, Rudbeckias, and Echinaceas, among some other summer treats.

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  27. I'm glad to know that I am not the only one who has adorable goldfinches, destroying their lovely flowers! Good thing they are so cute. I am sure your neighbors think you are quite crazy too, just like mine. I'd invite them to see what I'm up to, but then they'll know I blog about their messy yard. LOL

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  28. Robin -- love the finches and those are amazing shots. My DH took some 2 or 3 posts ago on our fountain. They are so pretty, but ours have a full black back -- isn't that interesting? I don't know much about them -- we have gold finches and house finches -- we feed them a little Nyjer seed and they love it and keep coming back.

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  29. That was a fun series. Very cute.
    Hope the birds don't eat my sunflowers, but if they do, I hope I get to watch.

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  30. Wow, great shots! I have been trying to get some pictures of finches in my garden for the past couple of weeks with nothing but blurry yellow streaks. Lucky you!
    -Joel

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  31. I just had to come and show Sweet Girl your birdie series!!! Kim

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  32. Oh Robin, these are PRECIOUS! Love the colors and the personality of the goldfinch, which you captured perfectly!

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  33. Great photos of that goldfinch. I've been trying for years to photograph them and they are too skittish for me.

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  34. love the goldfinch and your description.

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  35. My first time here, your pictures are wonderful! Enjoyed my visit!

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