Elizabeth
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On the subject of Goldfinches….they have been busy around my house. My husband was sitting in the driveway and called me from the car to tell me there were Goldfinches on my Zinnias! I grabbed my phone and peeked out the window and caught this picture! There were three or four of them dining on my flowers, picking off the petals and eating the seeds. Again I went to All about Birds to check out their diets and eating habits and sure enough, they like to land on plants (like thistles) and eat the seeds. It was hard to be mad at them. They are nesting now and I guess they were hungry! -
I witnessed two American Goldfinches outside my kitchen window doing something I have never seen before. I saw the female sitting on top of my neighbors arborvitae shrub bobbing it’s head and picking at the leaves. I looked closer and realized she was gathering the spider webs that were visible at the top of the shrub. I saw the male sitting nearby. She flew off and he followed her. A few minutes later she returned with her mate and repeated the same activity. I just looked up the nesting section for American Goldfinches at All About Birds and read that, indeed, they do use “spider silk” in building their nests. I suspected that was what it was for, but glad I was able to read about it as well. So interesting to watch!
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During the past Project Feeder Watch season, I realized that I was able to distinguish the Mourning Dove even at a distance before I could get my binoculars for a positive ID. I knew when I saw that long pointed tail and that small head and slender neck, that I was looking at a Mourning Dove. During the same time period, I also learned that I could easily tell when I saw a nut hatch (either red or white breasted). They have a distinctive “pointed” sort of shape and of course can go up and down (head first) on a tree!
On the subject of Goldfinches….they have been busy around my house. My husband was sitting in the driveway and called me from the car to tell me there were Goldfinches on my Zinnias! I grabbed my phone and peeked out the window and caught this picture! There were three or four of them dining on my flowers, picking off the petals and eating the seeds. Again I went to All about Birds to check out their diets and eating habits and sure enough, they like to land on plants (like thistles) and eat the seeds. It was hard to be mad at them. They are nesting now and I guess they were hungry! Viewing 3 posts - 1 through 3 (of 3 total)