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Any one into Gold Finches here ?
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bsewnsew
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| Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:44 pm Post subject: Any one into Gold Finches here ? |
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Today my sister bought me for my birthday a gold finch feeder and the bag of thistle................
Here is how it looks from here..........Now I wait and wait an wait.......
I didn't know finches liked cosmos.. I have lots.
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eileen
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I have a feeder just like yours Barb for our Goldfinches. Once your birds get used to the new feeder being around I'm sure they'll love it.
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bethie
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When I put up my first thistle feeder it tooks months for them to come. Yes, they do love cosmos and other flower seeds. Once they DO notice your feeder, they will be your friends for life. 
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Nice feeder Barb. Do you have Gold Finches this time of year? I noticed a lot of Gold Finches during the summer here but they must go further south this time of year. I loved their happy chirping.
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CritterPainter
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I love, love, love goldfinches- they are our state bird!
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I like your feeder I never see any here.
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Wrennie
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| Netty wrote: | | Nice feeder Barb. Do you have Gold Finches this time of year? I noticed a lot of Gold Finches during the summer here but they must go further south this time of year. I loved their happy chirping. |
The bright golden yellow is the goldfinches breeding, and therefore summer, pplumage. In the fall to winter the males resemble the females in plumage, they molt to a duller grayish yellow.
They do move south in the winter, BUT, in my area I have then year round.The southern part of Canada has them (I dont know how close you are to the border Netty) And Glendan parts of the south that dont see them in summer, do in winter, like TEXAS.  Keep an eye out.
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Penny
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Nice picture Barb!!
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kaseylib
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We've got gold finches year round here, and I had a feeder similar to yours (until the squirrels got at it, and I had to buy a different one with metal protection around the feeding holes). I've found that during the summer months the finches prefer thistle seed, but in the winter they eat sunflower hearts...so I've got a "squirrel-proof" feeder for the sunflower hearts, and I keep my fingers crossed about the squirrels! We've got a lot of red squirrels here, too, and they're really destructive.
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bsewnsew
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:23 am Post subject: hI KASEYLIB |
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Nice meeting you ......
Gold finches ...yes they stay but turn a different color correct?
We have red and grey squirrel here and out cats love to chase......They pick all the nuts off our trees, and store they in my husbands garage..In his tools.
Stinkers......
Have fun on here..
barb
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