Little Firecrest - golden shot

Common Firecrest
-large view please! -
Breukelen - the Netherlands

This little Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus - Wikipedia [link]) definitely is my golden shot of the day! - Second smallest bird of Europe, only 9 to 10cm - this little bird has a very hard time in winter, and needs to continuously search for food. It usually is very busy, hiding in low bushes and grasses while it looks for insect, and since it's so small, one hardly can see it, let alone photograph it...
I think I stood there about an hour, trying to get it clearly visible and well focussed... making several attempts. Still, my 300mm zoom was not sufficient to get it close enough - this pic is heavily cropped. So it was only at home that I could check the result... And to my own surprise... I got it !! Woohoo!

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