It has been a cold and very dry January. Open water has been a scarce resource for the songbirds that we feed. The heated bird bath failed. I bought and put out a new one, and the American Goldfinches found it within fifteen minutes.
Found it.
Tag: American goldfinch
Peaceably
An American Goldfinch and a Pine Siskin peaceably share drinking from the bird bath.
No, I am not upside down.
This American Goldfinch is.
Blends in.
A male American Goldfinch blends in quite nicely.
Perched
This male American Goldfinch in molt briefly perched on the shepherd’s crook before dropping down to the nyger seed feeder.
Cracks
An American Goldfinch cracks open a sunflower seed on a recent -17C morning.
At the feeder
A male American Goldfinch.
A gaggle of goldfinches . . .
. . . and a Pine Siskin.
Bird bath
Despite a day of freezing rain, sleet, and rain, four bathing Pine Siskins are joined by an American Goldfinch.
Peek
I got a good peek at an American Goldfinch visiting the nyger feeder.
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