On Thursday here in sunny Worcestershire the day turned into a very wet one.
One thing I have observed over the years feeding birds in Our Garden@19 is the feeding frenzy that develops during wet weather.
I predominantly feed sunflower hearts, which all species of birds enjoy…
I also feed Niger seeds especially for the seed eaters.
I have included this picture below despite the reflections in the window. It contains I think 18 Goldfinches, there is interestingly an adult feeding a young one through the bars. The Goldfinches love the sunflower hearts, I think this is why we have so many visit the feeders. I enjoy seeing the adults bring the youngsters along during the breeding season.
A ‘Charm’ is the collective noun for a group of Goldfinches.
How many can you count?
I took the photos through the dining room window using a Canon 18-200mm lens with the flash turned off.
I know many bloggers feed the birds in their garden do you?
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It’s truely charming to watch birds and like you put out sunflower hearts. My favourite birds to watch are long tailed tits.
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I do like to see them also, they visit to feed on the fat balls.
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Lovely shots Brian.
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Thanks Gill.
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We have lots of goldfinches at the moment too and like yours they flock to the sunflower hearts. We seem to have more adolescents than you have – maybe ours are late developers. By the way it’s not just the goldfinches that are drawn to the sunflower hearts. We have occasionally had siskin and also have bullfinch visitors that seem to prefer them.
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We have a much greater range of birds visit during the winter Sue. I have seen a bullfinch in the garden once but never on the feeders.
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They are beautiful birds – such a flurry and chatter there must be! Because of black bears, we can only have feeders out once they hibernate Dec-Mar. It is too troublesome to bring feeders in and out every day the rest of the year.
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Black Bears, they make our badgers look very tame by comparison!
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You’ll enjoy this video, it really can work this way, as they generally want no trouble. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj31wwCogSQ
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Great photographs! Kourosh is the chief bird carer but they bring a lot of enjoyment into our lives. We have been gathering or gleaning the left over sunflower heads for the birds. Kourosh feeds the birds all year round but we do not have as many Goldfinches coming into the garden as you. However, year on year we have more birds nesting. Amelia
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Thank you Amelia. The big problem we have with birds nesting in the garden is the number of cats that visit.(7) We did though have a robin nest in the greenhouse this year.
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I accept predation by birds of prey as nature but I have a tougher time accepting predation from roaming pets.
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you’ve got good entertainment to watch from inside. Nature at it’s best!
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