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Spring Wonders

So much color in the spring with new life everywhere.

A rarity seeing a pair of European Goldfinches nesting in a birdhouse, plus with a few Monarch Butterflies flying about! As a note Monarchs have been sited in the British Isles. It’s believed they were forced off course from a storm during their migration.

I’ve been working on this for some time so now it’s no longer spring. I was looking for Bluebirds, but very few stocks of them. I saw these European Goldfinches and decided to use them instead. Researching a little found that the female was colorful also, but with a few differences. The bird on the perch was a male so I did a little gender changing.

I modeled the birdhouse in Photoshop after one I built for a school shop project many many years ago. I hung it up in my Moms Lilac. I never had any Bluebirds nest in it, just some house wrens.

Funny when I get older think of younger times. Sure miss the sweet smell of Lilacs as they don’t grow here in the Philippines. I was raised in a small farming town in Michigan and most everyone had Lilacs so the whole town was strongly scented when in bloom.

                                                                                       Sorry Jenn I almost forgot to give you credit tooooooo for giving me some suggestions on this before posting

Stock credits and much appreciated

European Goldfinches

Bird on Roof

pixabay.com/en/finch-gold-feat…

Bird on Perch

pixabay.com/en/bird-wildlife-n…

Baby Birds

Lilac Background

pixabay.com/en/lilac-bush-orna…

Lilac Blooms Bottom Left Corner

Wood Texture for Building Birdhouse


Swallowtail Butterfly

Extra Branches

Birdhouse post

Monarch Butterflies
Monarch Butterfly Clipart PNG

Description

Spring Wonders

So much color in the spring with new life everywhere.

A rarity seeing a pair of European Goldfinches nesting in a birdhouse, plus with a few Monarch Butterflies flying about! As a note Monarchs have been sited in the British Isles. It’s believed they were forced off course from a storm during their migration.

I’ve been working on this for some time so now it’s no longer spring. I was looking for Bluebirds, but very few stocks of them. I saw these European Goldfinches and decided to use them instead. Researching a little found that the female was colorful also, but with a few differences. The bird on the perch was a male so I did a little gender changing.

I modeled the birdhouse in Photoshop after one I built for a school shop project many many years ago. I hung it up in my Moms Lilac. I never had any Bluebirds nest in it, just some house wrens.

Funny when I get older think of younger times. Sure miss the sweet smell of Lilacs as they don’t grow here in the Philippines. I was raised in a small farming town in Michigan and most everyone had Lilacs so the whole town was strongly scented when in bloom.

                                                                                       Sorry Jenn I almost forgot to give you credit tooooooo for giving me some suggestions on this before posting

Stock credits and much appreciated

European Goldfinches

Bird on Roof

pixabay.com/en/finch-gold-feat…

Bird on Perch

pixabay.com/en/bird-wildlife-n…

Baby Birds

Lilac Background

pixabay.com/en/lilac-bush-orna…

Lilac Blooms Bottom Left Corner

Wood Texture for Building Birdhouse


Swallowtail Butterfly

Extra Branches

Birdhouse post

Monarch Butterflies
Monarch Butterfly Clipart PNG