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Gormless Goldfinch (1 Viewer)

Neil Grubb

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This little guy (or girl!) started to visit the feeder last weekend. He may be deaf, or simply does not understand what an alarm call is. When the other assorted finches, tits, etc scatter from the feeder in response to a noise / movement / person, he always stays put, perhaps to take advantage of the thistle feeder. He can be there literally for an hour! Not perhaps the most streetwise (woodwise?) of finches, but certainly makes the photography easier when he stays put!!

I have been trying to get as many shots of different juvenile birds as I can over the summer, and plan to post a montage of these juveniles on my gallery page in the next day or so.
 

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Neil Grubb said:
This little guy (or girl!) started to visit the feeder last weekend. He may be deaf, or simply does not understand what an alarm call is. When the other assorted finches, tits, etc scatter from the feeder in response to a noise / movement / person, he always stays put, perhaps to take advantage of the thistle feeder. He can be there literally for an hour! Not perhaps the most streetwise (woodwise?) of finches, but certainly makes the photography easier when he stays put!!

I have been trying to get as many shots of different juvenile birds as I can over the summer, and plan to post a montage of these juveniles on my gallery page in the next day or so.

Our many Goldfinches rarely heed any alarm calls in yhe garden
 
rafiki said:
Our many Goldfinches rarely heed any alarm calls in yhe garden

I've found the same, and they also stay the longest on a feeder, with greenfinches also staying quite a while.
 
Earlier in the summer my wife and I managed to stand only 4or 5 feet away from a young blue tit on the peanut feeder. We stood there for ages until it eventually flew off.


Rob
 
We got one like that. Just starting to moult into adult plummage, had no tail all week then today I noticed the new one showing.
Sat there all alone munch, munch , munch.
 
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