Golden Finches
I have put out thistle seed for the finches all summer long. Just recently, they have gone crazy with their eating habits. They might need prolotherapy Arizona if they keep pigging out like they have been.
It is inexpensive to feed finches and I have so much fun watching them boot each other off the feeder perches. I don’t know how they decide their pecking order but they do a lot of pushing. LOL
Most recently, I have found that they like my purple cone flowers. All of my flowers are drying out which makes the seeds more attractive to the birds. It is so funny to look out across my flower bed and see the flowers bouncing up and down. Finches have agile feet to grip the stems of seed heads while feeding. They carry and spread the seeds across my yard causing sprouts of flowers in some strange places.
Doves seem to enjoy eating the castoff seeds that fall from the feeder. Is it true that doves always travel in pairs?
My hummingbird food went to waste this year. I put it out late in the season and by the time the hummingbirds found my feeder, it seemed that they had no interest. I’ll have to remember to put it out right away come spring.
I have enjoyed watching the birds this summer and fall. I hate to see winter arrive. I’ll bet the birds do too.
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September 9th, 2011 at 9:17 pm
My mother-in-law sits out on her back porch every morning during the summer and bird watches while she drinks her coffee. When we’re visiting, we sit out there with her. It’s so relaxing and fun to watch the birds!
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September 10th, 2011 at 5:34 am
Don’t forget to keep feeding the birds. Some rely on it all winter. I love Finches and Humming birds the most.
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