Tendrils

Tag: Goldfinch

  • Like Sunflower Seeds?

    Like sunflowers seeds? Then go directly to the source. Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) on Sunflower (Helianthus), enjoying the seeds directly where they are grown. Ever so tasty! ________________________________ If you would like to receive my daily blog posts by email, sign up here!

  • Seeds For Goldfinch

    Goldfinch (Spinus tristis). These two are male Goldfinches. A little hard to tell it is a male without its trademark black forehead, which appears during the summer. Now dressed in their winter feathers. Birds that molt twice a year. At the end of summer, and then again at the end of winter. Each time growing…

  • Garden In Winter

    Gardens in winter can be a source of food for many animals. Let those seedheads stay for the birds to enjoy. This is a male Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) in his winter attire. Goldfinch are here year ’round. They come to my feeders for the black oil sunflower seeds that I put out, but they also…

  • Yellow

    Looking through my photographs just now. In the file of yellow images, I came upon this one, taken May 12, 2020. A still mottled, male Goldfinch (Spinus tristis). He’s not totally grown in his complete breeding attire. But soon to be gorgeous in his yellow and black feathers. He’s perched on a seedhead of Siberian…

  • Spring Molt

    Like many small songbirds, the Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) goes through two molts per year. One in the autumn, a complete molt. A total replacement of all their feathers, body feathers as well as wing and tail feathers. Male and female, they go from yellow to a dull gray with just the slightest suggestion of yellow.…

  • Seedheads

    Seedheads

    Drooping Sunflowers filled with seeds. Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) love them, and will do all sorts of gymnastics to get those seeds. Leave your garden filled with seedheads. The birds will thoroughly enjoy them throughout the fall and winter.

  • Scarecrow and Goldfinch

    Scarecrow and Goldfinch

    As they look upon their world, Scarecrow and Goldfinch in serious discussion. Ruminations of Ray Bolger.