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Been getting up to 30 Goldfinches in the garden they are costing me a small fortune in nyger seeds! still no Greenfinch tho..|:S|

Hey that's cool. I occasionally get goldfinches in my yard but not 30 at a time!

emc said:

Hey that's cool. I occasionally get goldfinches in my yard but not 30 at a time!

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Put two tube feeders up...at least that was my experience. :t:

I never get more than three at a time!

I get a few at a time this time of year , they will also eat husked sunflower seeds

You must have ours
We used to get perhaps 8 as a time but now occassionaly get 1 or 2.
When you've had enough of them would you be kind enough to send them back please

Even since I first posted on this thread I have tried to find a photo on my computer that I took of two "tube-style" thistle feeders hanging close together either last spring or the spring before that. I had one sitting on each perch (16?) with several waiting around close by. I'll try to get another pic as it warms up.

I had to just stop feeding the Goldfinches this winter. 30+ of them would swarm the thistle feeder and empty it within a few days, and I was spending way too much money on the seed. When the thistle feeder was empty, they would take over the sunflower seed feeders and scare away other birds. It's been a few months since I stopped offering thistle and I still have a few hanging around.

Goldfinch Numbers

I do have a regular small flock visiting my garden from first light in the morning till around 9.30 and then they will move away only to come back at around 3pm till last light .

They usually feed on sunflower hearts though i did feed niger seed at one point but the cost and waste proved excessive so i changed to sunflower hearts. This had a effect of cutting down on cost and waste but my finches went missing for a while. That said after around 2 weeks they returned in force now on a normal day we have between 20 and 30 Goldfinches at any one time. The benefit of this is also the spillages are picked up by a more diverse range of birds including daily visits from Chaffinches and more regular visits from Greenfinches other birds that are more frequent visitors now are Coal and Great Tit's and in regards to waste it is now almost zero.

The problem i have now is i would like to see other species visit my garden feeders i have seen Bullfinches in my local area but they have so far steered clear of my garden if any one has any tips on how to get them to visit i would be very grateful

All the best Rizla01 :t:

My goldfinches rarely touch Niger seed - only when the queue for sunflower hearts gets too long. A couple of years ago they all went AWOL when a field full of thistle heads ripened - perhaps they prefer them fresh round here?

I let the feeders run out for a few days and that way your usual flock move on and others come in when you replenish. There seem to be more bullfinches around this year and I am getting long tailed tits regularly for the first time but far fewer greenfinches and chaffinches - so far.