(European) Goldfinch
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(European) Goldfinch
We have started to get a few more of these about the garden this past few years
Not a great photograph, but it lets you see the difference between it and the American Goldfinch
Not a great photograph, but it lets you see the difference between it and the American Goldfinch
Sam
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Don't know when this was posted
but it is sure pretty. Seems to have kept the striped tail too. Just saw four on my deck this moring. they wouldn't stay still long enough to ake a picture. Tey still on winter plumage, but were beginning to turn yellow. Sure hope hey come back.......PRETTY bird you posted. OC liking it..
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I never knew they existed, so that's an added bonus! Do you get pics of other local birds? I for one would love to see your pics if you do! Thanks for sharing this one!
I never knew they existed, so that's an added bonus! Do you get pics of other local birds? I for one would love to see your pics if you do! Thanks for sharing this one!
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Do you seriously want to see more European wild birds?
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Of course! Don't you enjoy ours? Well, maybe you don't, but I'd enjoy seeing yours and I'm sure others would too
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OK .... here's another pic of the Goldfinch, this time with a little Greenfinch
Not a very clear picture unfortunately
Not a very clear picture unfortunately
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Sam
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Both birds are similar in size to canaries Spider
The container has pea nuts in it
I understand that Goldfinches like thistle seeds, but there are few of them about here. So this chap must have been hungry
The container has pea nuts in it
I understand that Goldfinches like thistle seeds, but there are few of them about here. So this chap must have been hungry
Sam
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If everyday I have a laugh I add one minute to my life, then surely I will live forever
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Fujiyama Japanese Garden
If everyday I have a laugh I add one minute to my life, then surely I will live forever
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