goldfinches

There seems to be an abundance of dandelions this year & today I saw goldfinches & greenfinches in my garden.We arent daft we know how to appreciate the good things in life & they cost nothing.

oh i do wish they'd nibble our clocks, they're everywhere and driving me nuts!
Nice that at least they've eaten some of yours : ))

Why would you be daft ?
It must have been fascinating to watch. I've never seen any creature eat any part of a dandelion before.

Not daft - just 'join the club!' I am also 'of an age' and I love to watch the goldfinches tearing into thistle heads or, at the moment, picking out the seeds of Alexanders, then flying onto our hazel tree and wiping their beaks before flying off to the next meal. Hywel, rabbits luuuurve dandelions and when my children were small they regularly picked a bunch to give him as a treat. In nature everything's useful to something - but I've yet to discover the use for slugs and snails! lol ;o)

I get your point..see it on the bright side, life in general is a never ending learning institution...and could't agree more with Hywel.I'm running out of dandelion, our rabbits love them so much....have to pick some frantically in our neighbours wine garden.

Waheeda, I could post some to you??? Hywel, I know I am not daft really (well not completely) but I just like the simple things in life, like popping out into the garden at night to gaze at the moon & stars !!!!! I think my grandson has taught me to be be more child-like and I love it ! :o))
Thanks folks.

thrushes and hedgehogs love slugs & snails Nariz, to watch a thrush bash a snail on a rock is amazing :o))

if you are daft then i must be too Grand as i marvel at nature too ..i am putting a blog on later about just that...we have millions of dandylions too driving OH mad lol..:o)

To all my 'daft' Goy friends, thanks for the vote of confidence :o))

Ah awfully kind of you...ha ha ha....but you're absolutely right...adults should be more like kiddies....loosen up a bit...then life will so much easier...after all...kids don't have boundaries!

I have noticed how many dandelions there are this year too.Must be natures way of trying to tell us something...food for the finches,maybe to build them up after the harsh winter??I would love to think that is the reason.:o)))

I think you have hit the nail on the head Bloomer, nice thought.

Sound good Bloomer, but our garden only has one half of the equation. Zero finches, : ((

we have goldfinches for the 1st time this year nesting in the rose arch over the veg gate. looked up wot they like , fir trees and beech as well as seeds and fruit. slugs and snails ,hens love them lol