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Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: Margaret on April 23, 2009, 07:36:38 PM

Title: Poor goldfinches
Post by: Margaret on April 23, 2009, 07:36:38 PM
My poor goldfinches looked lost this morning. During the night "something" had dislodged the niger feeder and it was on the ground. The goldfinches were running up and down each and every branch in an effort to locate the seed. Not one thought to check the ground! Sad to see. My husband put them out of their misery before he started breakfast.
The feeder has been full all day with g.finches, house finches and one siskin. The juncos are still clearing the seed on the ground, helped by a couple of m.doves.
Title: Re: Poor goldfinches
Post by: GStuart on April 23, 2009, 09:12:16 PM
Quote from: "Margaret"
My husband put them out of their misery before he started breakfast.

Did he cook them or prefer them raw?
Title: poor Goldfinches
Post by: Napper on April 23, 2009, 09:26:27 PM
Hey!!

Our Am gold Finches have no!! problem finding food on the ground.. I dunno why.. maybe because  of the chaos and the waiting forced them to hit the ground running..

It has settled down a little now.. but they still occasionally will drop down and forage under the feeders and among the gardens..  I put seed on some large rock features in my yard for the Junco's... but the goldfinches dominated most of this past winter.


 
No Niger ! All Black Oil Seed..

Napper :?
Title: Re: Poor goldfinches
Post by: Bird Brain on April 23, 2009, 10:40:33 PM
Quote from: "GStuart"
Did he cook them or prefer them raw?


Oh, man ... that was bad!  :lol:  Nice to know there are others here with an off the wall, warped sense of humour.  

Jo-Anne  :)
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Post by: JMCDA on April 23, 2009, 10:53:09 PM
Tell me about it...all winter long I was out on the deck in my housecoat and snow boots cleaning the snow off the feeders before I even got my cup of tea - good thing hubby makes his own breakfast otherwise he would have had to take a number!  :-)

Joann
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Post by: Bird Brain on April 23, 2009, 10:55:19 PM
Quote from: "JMCDA"
Tell me about it...all winter long I was out on the deck in my housecoat and snow boots cleaning the snow off the feeders before I even got my cup of tea - good thing hubby makes his own breakfast otherwise he would have had to take a number!  :-)

Joann


Nice to know you have your priorities straight!  :lol:  hehe.   :D

(the other) Jo-Anne  :)
Title: Re: Poor goldfinches
Post by: Margaret on April 24, 2009, 11:12:18 AM
Quote from: "GStuart"
Quote from: "Margaret"
My husband put them out of their misery before he started breakfast.
Did he cook them or prefer them raw?

Oh dear, big groans! Must be the silly season.
I'm happy to report my finches are alive and well. I'm not so sure about the sparrows at Cranberry Marsh as Attila has been shooting them. (Bird Photo Corner today re Niagara.)
Maybe he'll be fair game (!) for some Monty Python humour now!!
Happy Birding this sunny weekend.
Title: Re: Poor goldfinches
Post by: Bird Brain on April 24, 2009, 03:10:51 PM
Quote from: "Margaret"
Oh dear, big groans! Must be the silly season.
I'm happy to report my finches are alive and well. I'm not so sure about the sparrows at Cranberry Marsh as Attila has been shooting them. (Bird Photo Corner today re Niagara.)
Maybe he'll be fair game (!) for some Monty Python humour now!!
Happy Birding this sunny weekend.


Sorry, Margaret ... couldn't resist!   :lol:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqhlQfXUk7w)

Jo-Anne   :D
Title: Goldfinches and song sparrow
Post by: Margaret on April 24, 2009, 10:27:24 PM
OK folks, let's get real before we get booted off the site!
Had a delightful visit today from a song sparrow, flitting all over the garden while the goldfinches just kept chomping thro' the niger seed.
The RW blackbird flew in again. This is the first year I've had this bird in my backyard.