Great shot! My husband calls our bird feeders the McDonalds drive through for the hawk which occasionaly swoops down for an order of bird nuggets.

I was standing at the kitchen sink maybe 3 feet from the bird. I used the zoom on macro. Never used macro on zoom, but figured if it zooms you in close, you need it.. no blurriness this time. I need to keep my window clean though! Yesterday, we had the house finches, White Crowned Sparrows and the Goldfinches all at the feeder. Couldn't get a good shot because of shadows.

Lisa's information is correct about the bird in a bag. A shoebox with air holes also works. The key is to place it in a protected spot where a cat or dog can't get the bird while it is recovering.Make sure it is released as soon as it is well, so it doesn't hurt itself trying to escape. What you can do for the bird strikes is buy or make a couple of hawk silhouettes to place on your windows. We have many large windows on two sides of our living room and we were having many goldfinches strike the windows until we found out about the predator bird silhouettes years ago. Stores that carry bird feed will often carry them, or you can cut your own from black construction paper. The shape is that of a diving predator bird. Unfortunately, this also keeps the birds form coming as close to your house as well, but well worth it in my opinion to save their lives. We haven't had any bird strikes since we put up a couple of silhouettes on the side the birds were hitting, and we had been hearing the 'thump' and finding about two dead birds a week before that. In our case, this also helps with keeping the birds away form our two pet dogs, as the windows where the silhouettes were placed also are on the side of the house where we have a dog run, so the silhouettes are also serving to keep the birds out of our canines reach as well. Best of luck with it. Jean

Ivamae, You really need a bird ID book! May I suggest the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America. It is easy to use and friendly to the newcomer to bird watching. The rosy headed finch is either a purple finch or a house finch--really hard to tell apart. You are kind to worry about the young bird. If it flew about 6 feet, it was probably on one of its first flights from the nest. Young birds often sit and rest up between practice flights. If you find another that is capable of flight and is not where the dog might snack on it, just leave it alone. It will eventually get its nerve up and try that flying thing again! Enjoy your bird-watching, and be warned, it is addictive. Next you'll want a pair of binoculars, then a sunflower seed feeder (attracts a lot of various birds) and then a watering station, and on and on. Go for it!