Hi everyone,
I've been offline for a few weeks, as I needed to have some surgery, but I'm now recuperating well and enjoying watching my backyard (garden) birds. Over the last 4 weeks we have been getting large numbers of American Goldfinches in the area. My husband reckoned on at least a 100 in a flock working over the rough on the edge of the golfcourse behind our house. Lots have been visiting my niger seed feeder, and I snapped the photo below the other day. The goldfinches (Carduelis tristis) have a rather drab winter plummage, but this male is just beginning to get his lovely yellow summer plummage. He will become yellow all over with a black cap and will keep the black wings.
Enjoy...
I've been offline for a few weeks, as I needed to have some surgery, but I'm now recuperating well and enjoying watching my backyard (garden) birds. Over the last 4 weeks we have been getting large numbers of American Goldfinches in the area. My husband reckoned on at least a 100 in a flock working over the rough on the edge of the golfcourse behind our house. Lots have been visiting my niger seed feeder, and I snapped the photo below the other day. The goldfinches (Carduelis tristis) have a rather drab winter plummage, but this male is just beginning to get his lovely yellow summer plummage. He will become yellow all over with a black cap and will keep the black wings.
Enjoy...