Gronnfink / Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris)

While walking near Sandneset with the kids the other day we stumbled upon a Greenfinch Carduelis chloris male feeding on grass. The light was superb in the later part of the afternoon, the male was obliging enough to sit still to be captured with the 400/5.6 handheld.

The female in the second picture was photographed earlier last week at Sverd i fjell, it was seen basking in the sand by the shore.

There are already plenty of smaller birds in the woods, you can hear them all over, it's hard to see them with these old eyes for sure without the aid of binos and scopes. Hopefully both seafreight and airfreight arrive without too much funfare later on.