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Continuing my series of 'Photos that make me smile' I have chosen some of an adorable family of young Bullfinches who I was privileged to have visiting my garden in the Spring of 2010. There were at least 4 siblings and needless to say they were a pure delight to watch and photograph, and I think I had a smile permanantley on my face when I was in their presence!

The main photo here is a lovely portrait shot of one of the youngsters, but it's the two shots below that give me the biggest smile. They show one youngster, who was being pestered by another, passing a seed to it to shut it up...such a wonderful moment to witness, and I was so thrilled to have captured it on camera even if the photos may not be the best :)

Here one of the young male Bullfinches, who was beginning to get his wonderful reddish/ pink plumeage, was happily feeding when a Nuthatch suddenly flew in and landed on the feeder...to this day I'm not sure who was the most suprised by this event the Bullfinch or me, as I had never had a Nuthatch in my garden before! Once again it was one of those magical moments when I just happened to have my camera on and fortunately pointing in the right direction!

When I heard the other day that Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream would be up for auction again soon I thought I'd jump on the bandwagon with my 'famous' shot which goes by the same name. So if anyone who would like to start the bidding at...well let's say...1.5 million? Lets get started shall we!!! And if the auction goes well I can assure you...I will be smiling!

As the weather is impossible at the moment, and the skies so dull, I've decided that for the next few days I'll dig out some of my old shots which, for one reason or another, just make me smile...and I hope they have the same effect on you too :)

This one is a young House Sparrow trying to work out what I am!

A gorgeous little fledgling Song Thrush who I named 'Tufty' when he arrived in the garden in Spring 2010...for obvious reasons :)