The American Goldfinch

My most favorite bird is the chickadee.

For any of you bow hunters that are reading - a really cool trick is to take a half a handful of bird seed with you when you go afield on your hunt. After you have set-up in your stand take some of that seed and place it on the top of your cap. Those chickadees will alight on your bow and fetch seed from your cap.

It is a great deal of fun and a good way to while-away your time hunting if you can stand getting bird seed down the back of your shirt.

Anyway, my second most favorite bird is the goldfinch.

We have vast flocks of them on our thistle feeders all summer.

One of my readers sent this picture of a male goldfinch-




And I took this picture of a goldfinch nest. These canary-like birds nest later than most birds. The female builds the small cup of a nest lining it carefully with wild thistle down.