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Janette

By Janette


Goldfinches

Getting a lot of these little birds at my feeders now....



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awww lovely photo .

20 Oct, 2009

 

Beautiful photo, I would love to have some of these in my garden.

20 Oct, 2009

 

If you get Niger seed in a feeder Gee they will come, it is expensive but worth it.

21 Oct, 2009

 

lovely picture, if only they could follow directions I`d send them my postal address.

21 Oct, 2009

 

awww arent they wonderful janette ;o)

21 Oct, 2009

 

I bought some niger seed, Bobg, but only the sparrows are eating it! Most of the time its hanging there neglected :(

21 Oct, 2009

 

Thats strange, niger is the staple food of goldfinch and so its like a magnet usually, maybe the sparrows are keeping the finch away.

21 Oct, 2009

 

I wonder if perhaps there are none in this area. I do have chaffinches and, once, a bullfinch, so I will keep trying :)
Wilkinsons had a large bag of niger seed for £1.99 last week which I thought was a bargain compared to our local pet shops (so I bought one)!!

21 Oct, 2009

 

Great pic, pidgeons have seen off most of the small birds in my garden. :o(

21 Oct, 2009

 

great..I coluld watch them all day

21 Oct, 2009

 

Brill photo.

21 Oct, 2009

 

Gee i find they like sunflower hearts and today i got thistle seed to try also

21 Oct, 2009

 

Lovely shot...........

21 Oct, 2009

 

Thanks for all the nice comments guys Gee I never had them visit my feeders untill I started to use nigar seeds,maybe you dont have any in your area....but you still get some nice birds in your garden....I dont get any chaffinches......

21 Oct, 2009

 

I have got sunflower hearts on my shopping list for tomorrow, Sanbaz, as I remembered you saying that before :) It's definitely worth a try.

21 Oct, 2009

 

hope it works Gee anyway you may get some greenfinches, they like them to :o)

21 Oct, 2009

 

Now come on you chaps give a big smile for the camera wonderful picture I love it

21 Oct, 2009

 

Good bargain there Gee, I did spot that one but our local Wilkies had sold out and did'nt know when they were getting any more in as it was so close to ....... er that 'C' word day :o)
Yes it could be that there are none in the area at the moment but keep trying they may get wind of your seeds.

21 Oct, 2009

 

Always a treat to see these.

12 Jan, 2010

 

Having more and more coming to the feeders these days Jbardet,they are a joy to see......

13 Jan, 2010

 

mine never cme back janette, maybe my food wasnt good enough lol

13 Jan, 2010

 

Awwww thats a pity Sandra ,they are lovely bird,they still might visit you......I would love a woodpecker but they never come near my feeders.....

13 Jan, 2010

 

not seen woody either since cold weather came, still may come back at some point

13 Jan, 2010



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