I mix whole shelled sunflower seed into what goes in the feeders. In wet weather I watch how much of this I put out, since it spoils so quickly.
For American Goldfinches, it’s as attractive a food as the in-shell sunflower.
As attractive.
Tag: Spinus tristis
Clings.
A molting American Goldfinch clings to the nyger seed feeder.
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.
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