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My yard is just full of gold finches. They are not at the thistle feeders, but seem to be eating the cosmo seeds!

This is the goldfinches prime 'wild' food time of year. Since they are primarily seed eaters and now is when grasses, weeds, & flowers are setting seeds so they are eating while the gettings good. They'll be back to the feeders when the wild buffet is gone (or lessened)

Thanks Wrennie I to was wondering where they had gone.

Do I qualify as a Fincher now???????Sister brought me a feeder for my birthday, and a whole bag of food..........
Am I a fincher now?

Here is how it looks from here............

I've got to get my feeder full too. I love those little birds.

yes, Ma'am you qualify---and this picture reminds me--Ihave to go fill up my feeder tomorrow--must keep the birds happy---

Yes, it does. But, FIRST, the Finches must come and actually use it.

Goldfinches are my fav. birdies behind hummingbirds of course....right up there in my top 3.

Thanks Thorn,
Loz
Betoffour

I am waiting and waiting.. I have finches in my sunflowers right now they are above the the house.. I am hopin they notice........
DO you feed them in the winter?

I let this one multiple head sun flower in the one flower bed, for my entertainment .......We see tall the birds there..Yesterday sister an I was standing by it and one of the other was about5 feet away , called junko or something was there??????????

Mercy I turned into a bird watcher.......

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I have lots of cosmo flowers.guess I bettr gather them for finches.

The sunflower seeds that fall out of my feeders and sprout, I just let grow. When the flower heads go to seed, the Goldfinches swarm the flower beds and eat the seed right out of the heads.

Hey hey ,, That is what happens to my florist sunflower..I allow it to grow to keep all the little flyers fed.

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Your so Naive.........Can't I cheat on the finch deal? Maybe 2maro I will bring a piece of sunflower down with comos thistles and see if they notice..........Hd said if i put the Finch pot up by the flower they will notice?????????????

Wah won't get a photo there.