Maybe she is treating fur like thistle-down, as though "seeding" the species' favorite food-source? They do breed late, in the season when thistle-seed would be abundant, "planting would be to their advantage. (Think of all the species whose buried seed-stores may end up growing new food.) Linda Whyte
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Stan & Molly Jo Miller-Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings all, > > On Tuesday I had a female Am. Goldfinch gathering fur and taking it away in > the same direction... repeatedly. I have had goldfinches gather fur or > fibers this early in the season before but, almost immediately, she has > always opened her beak and released it to the wind. This time she looked as > diligent in her efforts as the chickadees do when they gather fur for their > nests. Actually, she ended up taking away a LOT of fur... way more than > chickadees do. > > Ideas? > > Thanks, > > Molly Jo Miller > Inver Grove Hts, Dakota Co. > > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird > Unsubscribe: %(user_optionsurl)s > > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
