American goldfinch
Goldfinches, baby towhees, and a hungry bluebird nestling!
Hi, everybody! I’ve got some really fun pictures for you today, including a reader-submitted bluebird photo! I’ll start with the news that we’ve finally put a finch feeder (filled with thistle seed) back up, and the goldfinches are loving it. The old one had been decimated by hungry squirrels and house finches, and it was [...]
Attracting scarlet tanagers and Baltimore orioles with oranges?
Greetings from the Heiser backyard, where the goldfinches have mounted an attack on the chickadee and titmouse food supply! This morning we had a beautiful male American goldfinch camp out at the seed plate for several minutes, long enough for me to snap some fun pictures. I love their bright yellow color right up against the black wings [...]
Hummingbirds, hummingbirds!
Hi, all! Not much to say today, but I took a lot of pictures this morning and yesterday, so here are some of my favorites. I finally got my camera on a nearby goldfinch today (very briefly). We need to get our thistle feeder replaced so they’ll once again be frequent visitors in our yard [...]
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