Goldfinch

[nanila]

[Goldfinch sitting on a nyger/thistle seed feeder.]

Inspired by the success of the toroid fat ball feeder, we bought another feeder, for nyger seed, to try to tempt the redwings and goldfinches from the field over the canal into our garden. There were no takers for several days. Just as we were starting to despair, we spotted a flock of goldfinches descending on it! This is the best shot we've gotten so far, but I'm hopeful we'll be able to capture them in action over the coming weeks (and the nuthatch we spotted, too).

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[nanila]

American goldfinches are much more golden all over than the European ones. The same goes for jays, which are mostly bright blue in North America and mostly brown with a bit of blue in Britain.

I remember vividly the first time I saw a robin in the UK and thought, "But...it's tiny! Why so small, British robin?" :P