Goldfinch Goodbyes

Sadly for many, the American Goldfinches have just about departed these parts for cooler climes already. Praise the Goddess, somebody else is now responsible for feeding the departed Americans. Now, only the lessers are front and center at the sock feeders. Yet the lessers being well, lesser, don't each as much. So the bird seed bill is fixing to drop precipitously.

Crumby hypothesized that there would be plenty of interspecific squabbling over the Nyjer seed. And the twain species did squabble some. But not as much as Crumby expected. Generally, the kingdom of the nyjer socks was a peaceable kingdom.





















Here's a couple of average goldfinches mugging for the camera. American on bottom.