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20-01-2007, 04:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Wolfhill  Has anyone ever had Goldfinches nesting in their garden? | I haven't, but my near neighbour had a nest in her Magnolia last year. Sadly the tree wasn't in full leaf + the nest was predated, which was sad! |
20-01-2007, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Wolfhill Here's one of the shots I took on Christmas Day lol   | Wolfhill, that would make a good Xmas card for next year. No such hoar frost for us in soft south! |
20-01-2007, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 Wolfhill, that would make a good Xmas card for next year. No such hoar frost for us in soft south! | This shot was taken on Christmas day 2006, i don't remember seeing a harder frost in my garden, the birch trees were completely white almost like a scandanavian scene lol
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20-01-2007, 05:05 PM
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Fergus,
As usual a beautiful photo. It makes a change from the usual "robins in winter" photos.
I wish you would give me some photography lessons!
Jenny |
20-01-2007, 05:11 PM
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Fergus, that's just beautiful. Do you mind if I use it as my PC wallpaper for a while? |
20-01-2007, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jennyb Fergus,
As usual a beautiful photo. It makes a change from the usual "robins in winter" photos.
I wish you would give me some photography lessons!
Jenny | I wouldn't know what to say lol
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21-01-2007, 03:58 PM
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hello all,
..i've had up to six goldfinches and several greenfinches. however, i noticed the niger seed that was falling to the ground was starting to grow. i moved the niger feeder to the patio and have since noticed no visitors. i'm using a niger seed feeder with tray, but can't see a way of having seed not fall and growing... any of you have the same problem or a solution ?
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29-05-2007, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Billy Wobble Dagger I have a question for all you bird people out there in WAB land.
When I'm out and about the goldfinches I've seen are always in flocks of 10+. However we have a single goldfinch that visits our garden to eat niger seed three or four times a week. Question, Why's he by him self? Or is it unusual to see a flock?
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BWD | I started this thread in the middle of January, and I thought I would let you know that the number of goldfinches in my garden has now doubled. Yes we have two goldfinches visiting the feeding station nearly everyday. At the current rate we expect to have a small flock by the summer of 2010!!
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29-05-2007, 07:05 AM
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Coincidentally we unexpectedly had two at the niger feeder in the rain yesterday - at least briefly, then one chased the other away. I'll never have a flock at this rate! |
29-05-2007, 07:44 AM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Buxton Spa, Derbyshire
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I had a single goldfinch on the shrub in my front garden this year, never seen one there before. kept coming to the same place day after day. Probably using it as a good point to sing from. Let me get some nice pics: Goldfinch |
29-05-2007, 06:04 PM
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Hi Billy,
Where I live Goldfinches by themselves are more common than in flocks. We have cute little chap who is about 1 1/2 years old and we have watched him since he was a chick and to be honest the only socializing he did was with his fellow chicks , he is happy though and he is often visiting our garden. |
22-06-2008, 02:47 PM
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Just to keep you all up todate with the goldfinch numbers in my garden. Yesterday great excitement not only our two adults on the niger seed but also, two youngsters. There numbers keep doubling.
We've moved the niger feeder off the main feeding station after Simon King said that goldfinches prefered to eat from feeders away from the others. It seems to ahve worked. If I get any kind of a picture I'll post it.
BWD
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22-06-2008, 03:44 PM
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Hi,
I have just joined and would like to add my experience of this subject.
About a yer ago I noticed 1 greenfinch feeding off an old peanut seed feeder, so I decided to try some sunflower seed hearts. This was very popular with the greenfinches and also the odd goldfinch. I bought a new sunflower seed feeder and a nyjer feeder (as I read goldfinches love nyjer seed). Wow the sunflower seed feeder entice large numbers of both birds. I have had 12 greenfinches and 12 goldfinches at the same time vying for places at the feeder. The nyjer feeder ........ is not very popular with the goldfinches as they are using the sunflower feeder.
During this spring chaffinches have been "ground" visitors eating the seeds the others drop on the lawn.
I also have a pair of Siskins feeding and I am very pleased about this. They seem to stay on the feeder longer than the other finches and are not so easily freightened either.
Steve |
22-06-2008, 03:56 PM
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Hi,
I have just joined and would like to add my experience of this subject.
About a yer ago I noticed 1 greenfinch feeding off an old peanut seed feeder, so I decided to try some sunflower seed hearts. This was very popular with the greenfinches and also the odd goldfinch. I bought a new sunflower seed feeder and a nyjer feeder (as I read goldfinches love nyjer seed). Wow the sunflower seed feeder entice large numbers of both birds. I have had 12 greenfinches and 12 goldfinches at the same time vying for places at the feeder. The nyjer feeder ........ is not very popular with the goldfinches as they are using the sunflower feeder.
During this spring chaffinches have been "ground" visitors eating the seeds the others drop on the lawn.
I also have a pair of Siskins feeding and I am very pleased about this. They seem to stay on the feeder longer than the other finches and are not so easily freightened either.
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