American Goldfinch in HD 2

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An AMAZING video of the American Goldfinch. Absolutely beautiful video. They love my finch sock. I see at least 10 American goldfinches on it each day. If you want to know if this finch sock works, IT DOES. I recommend buying it. A chipmunk came one day and its teeth ripped the sock and some of the seeds fell to the ground. I gave that chipmunk the scare its life when I trapped him in the gutter where he hides. He started croaking like a frog and barfed out all the seeds in his mouth. he had a handful of seeds. He keeps coming ever single day. I GIVE UP.

American Goldfinch & Female Purple Finch (Please read the Information attached, if you feed birds)

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American Goldfinches & female purple finch – This feeder has been through a lot, the Squirrels & Racoons chewing on it trying to get the seeds out , as you can see here. lol I Even caught a moose stealing the seeds, one of the reasons a perch is missing on this feeder. The feeder is still useable even in it’s current state. I have other feeders. I took these type of feeders down & replaced them with a Gazeebo type of feeders, as I noticed one of the female Goldfinches has an eye infection. That is one of the reasons why, these types of feeders are actually not that great for the birds. Because they have to stick their heads in a hole to retreive the seeds, they can either contract another birds eye infection or give one to other birds from their own infected eye. I clean my feeders often, which is something everyone should be doing, if they have feeders in their yard. It’s recomended that if you do see a sick bird at your feeders, to either remove the bird feeders all together, or use open source feeders. Some suggest taking the feeders down all together for a week or so & when you put them back out, monitor the birds in case a sick bird is present again. Its so sad. :o ( History: Where did the disease start? Conjunctivitis was first noticed in House Finches during the winter of 1993-94 in Virginia and Maryland. The disease later spread to states along the East Coast, and has now been reported throughout most of eastern North America, as far north as Quebec, Canada, and as

The Goldfinch.mov

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A lone goldfinch feeds on black oil sunflower seeds one fine spring morning full of birdsong to the sound of windchimes.

Goldfinches – Pine Siskins – Bird Feeder is PACKED! Camano Island, WA. Enjoy.

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Gold Finches and Pine Siskins pack my feeder on Camano Island, WA. Here is a short video clip you will like. Click Like and Comment. Bird Watching with (HD) Thanks for Watching. Justin Donnelson Please Subscribe Find my other videos I posted at www.YouTube.com Rock on! Justin

American Goldfinches.mov

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American Goldfinches eating at a backyard feeder, playing nice, with a few exceptions.

american goldfinch / eastern goldfinch / wild canary feeding on feeder

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american goldfinch / eastern goldfinch / wild canary feeding on niger / nyger / thistle seed at feeder at rowan’s ravine prov park on last mountain lake saskatchewan canada

American Goldfinch / Eastern Goldfinch / Wild Canary on niger seed feeder

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American Goldfinch / Eastern Goldfinch / Wild Canary on niger / Nyger / thistle seed feeder

American Goldfinches at the Feeder

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These American Goldfinches, both male and female, come regularly to my thistle and sunflower seed feeders. The male is a bright yellow, as the female is a duller olive-green.

At the Bird Feeders- MA #2- American Goldfinch M/F Pair

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I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (www.youtube.com 4-28-2011

Goldfinch attracting With Your Finch Bird Feeder

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Bird watching has become one of the favorite pastimes of the United States. Along with the observation of birds, the natural tendency is to begin to attract the birds you want to view. It’s easy to attract birds. To attract the birds you want requires more effort and planning. The correct cover, feeders, water supply and their dedication is established or interrupt their success to attract certain birds.

Goldfinches, lets discuss attract this small favorite color of birds around the world. First of all to history. A so-called friend claiming had not had a goldfinch in two or three years while our feeders are emptied by hungry crowds of intermittent yellow finches on a daily basis. Which of course had to see why. He had appropriate coverage, feeders and water. Your Thistle feeder was full of this favorite food for finches. However, there was no finches of any type. It took us by the feeder. Review of seeds revealed even shoots old and moldy seeds. It is no wonder were not finches! Dumps the seeds, clean the feeder with water and SOAP, dried and filled with fresh seeds. Two days later he had finches.

The story is a lesson in good and bad to feed any bird, not only the finches. Always be aware of what it presents as a food. Finches and other songbirds will hesitate in their feeders if the seeds are not safe for them to eat. Check your feeders often and especially after the rainy season to avoid enmohecidos seeds that could cause illness to their birds.

Goldfinches can be attracted to almost any yard. It is more successful to provide seeds, nyjer on a thistle or Cardoon / feeder nyjer designed for use with these small seeds. Thistle “socks” are also available. The goldfinch will extract the seeds through the material. Thistle seeds are a favorite of finches, other birds not as these seeds fans, so small Finch does not compete with large birds to these seeds. Put your feeders in the open but close enough to cover the finches may DART for security. When it first attracted to your feeders will be very cautious and shy birds. Any movement sent scurrying down to safety. After a while many learn to tolerate their presence as it moves slowly and not hold too. A supply of fresh surface water must also be close, new enough closure to cover that these birds feel secure.

These are the basic principles. Be patient, consistent and diligent. This includes maintaining the power cables, complete and maintain clean power. A trick that we use, the seeds are not moist, is always pour seeds not used in our container of seeds and mix them with fresh seeds. We do it every morning as fill our feeders. Another ideal situation is to hang around other ballasts with black oil sunflower seeds. Flock goldfinches these feeders feeders also found, tube and platform. Cardo is still the main food of choice, but we find several finches taking sunflower seeds.

There you have it. Start with a good quality and fresh seed feeder and should be enjoying these birds colourful in no time. Feeders range socks previously finches to the whopping 36 inches of feeders with perches of spiral. These feeders can accommodate up to 24 feeding birds at a time with space for several more in these coils. We recommend polycarbonate feeders. The pipes are clear allowing the finches find faster thistle. Visit us at www.fancyflyers.com/new359656.html [http://www.fancyflyers.com/new359656.html] and withdraw this Pinzón of 36-inch spiral feeder.

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