designed to attract smaller birds, such as Finches. This year, word was out about our feeder, which has played host to large numbers of smallish birds. After some searching online, I've identified them as Oregon Juncos and House Finches. Both are gregarious birds, who seem to get along with each other
quite well.Six weeks ago, I bought a feeder designed for thistle seed. The package represented it is good for attracting finches (I thought I already had them - House Finches?). I hung it on the window of the room we call the "library," where I spend most of my time.
Well... after a week or so, the thistle seed was discovered by the biggest
flock of American Goldfinches you'd ever want to see. They are very pretty birds, and a bit smaller than the Juncos and House Finches. The males are brightly colored with yellow plumage. "Great," I thought. More birds. Not so quick. Turns out these little guys are very aggressive. They fight each other, and they even fight the other birds, and were chasing them away. My solution has been to move the thistle feeder to a window farther away from the other feeder, and I plan to move it in stages until it is on the other side of the house.
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You will attract more than birds to those feeders so watch out for signs. We get goldfinch going through in the spring. Might be time to get that old feeder out and stock it with niger seed. I'd love to see the migration this year. And haven't seen a Grossbeak since we took our feeders down about 4 yrs ago. Your post reminded me that I'd like to try again. Only this time we'll be dilligent about cleaning up the leavings.
finally had a couple of flocks of Grossbeaks come through. One flock Saturday before last, and one flock last Saturday. The sound they make is unmistakable, and I knew it was them as soon as I heard them. I don't know where they spend the summer, but they came through here in droves to get there.
Hello,
I am doing some preliminary research for Sea Reach Ltd., which is producing a series of outdoor exhibits for recreation sites along the East Lewis River in Washington.
While researching images to use in the exhibits we discovered House-Finch-6-063003.jpg on the grossters.blogspot.com website, under the February 2008 archive, titled ‘Observation on Birds.
Did you take the photograph? If not, do you know who took it or who owns it?
While Sea Reach has not yet finalized its selection of images for use in the exhibits, they are seeking permission to use the images as a preliminary measure. If they and their client agree on the layout and graphics, including the selected images, Sea Reach will contact you with the necessary permission documents.
If you do own the image, will you grant Sea Reach permission to use the above-described images for the East Lewis River outdoor exhibit? Please fill in the form below, cut and paste it into an email and send it to willoheart@viclink.com.
No, I am not the owner of the above-described image(s), but here is how to contact the owner:
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Katherine Huit
Willoheart Enterprises
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