Male Goldfinch

Posted by david fletcher on Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:25 am

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Took this in the garden a few moments ago. A male, judging by the longer beak. (apparently males over winter here as their beaks are longer than the females, allowing them to stay and feed on Teasels , whereas the females cannot and head south). Non breeding plumage.

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by peter makuch on Fri Feb 14, 2025 8:54 am

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your goldfinch does not look like ours but for the colour and pattern I like yours much more, DAVID superb take on yours.

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by Jakejacoby on Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:59 am

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What a pretty bird Dave - don't look like the GF's we get here but very nice and excellent capture.

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by paul fletcher on Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:35 pm

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Excellent photo of your Goldfinch. As the others have stated, very different from our North American species, but yours is much more colourful.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:29 pm

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Lovely bird-I like the look-back and posture on the branch. As others have noted, so colorful compared to GFs where I live. Do you get big flocks? We have 20+ or ours right now. Ours are not very "gold" at this time of year.

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by Axel Hildebrandt on Sat Feb 15, 2025 7:01 am

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Great to have these colorful birds in the backyard, Dave. I like the soft light and look-back pose.

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by david fletcher on Sat Feb 15, 2025 9:29 am

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Cynthia Crawford wrote: Lovely bird-I like the look-back and posture on the branch. As others have noted, so colorful compared to GFs where I live. Do you get big flocks? We have 20+ or ours right now. Ours are not very "gold" at this time of year.

Hi Cindy

My garden visitors amount to about 6. I have seen a flock of 30 a month back but they passed by. My Father in Law used to see them regularly, but for some reason they are now scarce where he lives.

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by himadri roy on Sat Feb 15, 2025 10:22 am