I opened the door to let the cats out, and these two goldfinches were on the feeders, amazingly they waited until I went back upstairs for the camera. I managed to get this photograph and three blurry ones before they flew away.
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Your wonderful blog and photos just 'blow me away' I just never know what to say about them. Just gorgeous.
I saw a plastercast like Fiona's on a 'Changing Rooms' programme years ago that I just happened to watch. (Before I got the allotment, now I rarely watch TV)
I think it is a brillant idea - is she going to hang it up in the baby's room?
I loved the artsymuma link - cool
Wish I had some of your rain, my poor plants up the lottie are gasping. Can't water them all though. Am just going to give the squash family ones a drink tonight with the very green water from my tanks, and the tomatoes too.
When I first did it I thought it might kill the plants - or me - but it seems that they thrive on the green soup - and so ill effects when we eat the crops.
Hmm... The photo of the goldfinches didn't draw up for me. I'll have to come back another time, I guess!
wildside, I don't know if I forgot to put it on or it went on and then disapeared? just re-loaded it, nice wee birds, not common here.
Allotmentlady, thankyou! I am still in the house hiding from the rain, I surely wish some of it would drift south!!
do you know what kind of goldfinches these are? they are quite different from our locals: american goldfinch and lesser foldfinch. it looks like yours have brown faces!
Norene, to quote "Carduelis carduelis-one of our most colourful birds and the only one with bright yellow wingbars and a white rump.Adult has red and white on face, black cap extending down sides of neck, buffish back , and white underparts with buff flanks....Common and widespread in Britain and Ireland except northern Scotland." their faces are red, thats just the photograph not being close enough. I don't have any books with american birds in it so I cant tell you how they are different from yours.
Claire, it's great to see more finches about this year isn't it. If you want to make your goldfinches regular visitors pop down to your local garden centre and buy some niger seed (posh name for thistle)and a feeder. Only the finches seem to be attracted to small seed like this which is great since you won't have the big bullies (squirrels etc) bothering you.
Wow! Yours are very different than ours! Shape, size, and markings similar, but ours are gold all over.
Methuselah, I had wild bird seed most of the winter heaped on a table, I am going to get a seed feeder for sure if its going to encourage these guys.
Wildside and Norene, I did a search on the internet and found your American Goldfinch, bright!! what a lovely bird. I suppose its the same with plants, things have a latin name because common usage names are given to different animals/plants. I am not particularly good at bird identification and was delighted to actually find the Goldfinch in my book.
thank you for the finch update!
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