Rather than their loving thistle "down", they feast on thistle seeds (nyjer) and absolutely swarm around the feeder at times. They are so fidgety they're difficult to count, but have estimated from 35 to 40 at a time. Nyjer is expensive, so will be ready when winter sets in and they migrate...wherever. ;)
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: frank theriault <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 1:27 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Finally an American Goldfinch! On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Cotty <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22/8/11, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/finally-american-goldfinch.html >> >>Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > That is a really pleasant shot Frank, well framed, nice colour, > interesting subject. Ticks all the boxes for me :) Thanks, Cotty, and thanks to everyone else who looked, enjoyed and commmented. As I said, I've been waiting over a year for this one. ;-) They seem to love thistle down and I remember last summer they feasted on it and then all of a sudden in either late August or early September, they were gone! I guess they flew south but there was no warning that they were leaving - I just showed up one weekend day and there was not a trace of the little guys. There were lots of them feasting this past weekend so I guess they're fattening up for the journey. They'll likely be gone soon, for another year. Glad I got this one! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
