Garden Goldfinch  by jesika2

Garden Goldfinch

These gloriously gorgeous little birds prefer to sit singing on my chimney and never visit the feeders. But this one decided the Knapweed now turning to seed and growing just outside the back door, was a buffet too great to resist. I spent 15 stealthy minutes filming and this is a still from video.
You may - or not - find the black more pleasing.
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Beautiful bird, so colorful.
July 8th, 2018  
Beautiful capture fv!
July 8th, 2018  
lovely bird !
July 8th, 2018  
@joev Thank you very much, Joe, he's absolutely gorgeous
j
July 8th, 2018  
@ziggy77 Many thanks, Jo
j
July 8th, 2018  
@ailesse Indeed a lovely bird
j
July 8th, 2018  
great shot, i think these birds are beautiful, one of my favourite small birds
July 8th, 2018  
beautiful bird in Dutch we say "putter"
July 8th, 2018  
Lovely close up. I don't see many goldfinches in the garden.
July 8th, 2018  
You know what I think of this one already, def fav:)
July 8th, 2018  
oh how lovely to see them wild :)
July 8th, 2018  
@oldjosh Thank you so very much, I agree totally.
j
July 8th, 2018  
@ideetje A "putter" Thank you, I'll try to remember that name
j
July 8th, 2018  
@gemmabrowne This is my first! I don't know how long we've been feeding birds and he decided the Knapweed was better - from my perspective it definitely was. 15 minutes of filming as he ate and ate and ate. Wonderful! Thank yo very much
j
July 8th, 2018  
@fbailey You were right to encouarge me to post at least one of the shots, thank you. Must be wonderful to be right occasionally LOL
jx
July 8th, 2018  
@koalagardens He was just 10 feet away from me. I was so excited I'm not sure how I managed to get decent video. Thank you so much
j
July 8th, 2018  
@jesika2 Oooh cheeky! I'm always right:)) x
July 8th, 2018  
Fantastic shot Fav
July 8th, 2018  
Photo really shows their colors.
July 9th, 2018  
They are such a beautiful bird - wonderful focusing. Fav
July 9th, 2018  
@rosiekind @annepann @milaniet @milaniet Thank you all very much. I'm not sure how it's happened but my Goldfinch has become a trendy & popular little birdie. Many thanks indeed, a wonderful way to start my day
j
July 9th, 2018  
I love the look and the song of golfinches! What do you have on your feeders? Sunflower hearts are usually utterly irresistible to them. I think they are probably the most numerous birds in our garden with sparrows coming a close second. The strange thing is they seem to take it in turns....the feeders are either covered in sparrows or covered in goldfinches but hardly ever at the same time.
July 23rd, 2018  
@julienne1 Thank you, Julienne. Feeders: mixed seeds, meal worms, suet/fat pellets, fat balls without the nasty plastic nets.
I've never had a Goldfinch before, he stripped the Knapweed seed heads and then flew away, haven't seen him since. It was a brief visit, but what a delightful one.
j
July 24th, 2018  
Lovely shot.
September 3rd, 2018  
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