They are the most prolific birds in my garden after the house sparrows! And in mine, they only eat niger seeds and do not even touch anything else (I have sunflower seeds, but no niger seeds it is!). I usually have to fill my feeder (standard size) every 3 days for them. They are incredibly greedy!
Think it must be a good year for them, theyre nesting in a jasmine arch in ours, we get them in the garden passing through usually on the teasels and suchlike but have never had a nest before
I Freecycled my nyjer seed and feeder because nothing ate it. I get goldfinches on my mixed feeder, and I'm hoping they'll appreciate the teasels I'm growing for the first time. I wish someone would tell them that dandelion seeds are tasty and nutritious. If only they'd read the books.
Goldfinches take readily to our sunflower heart feeders, anything else in the feeder they chuck out, and ground feeders take it, including Chaffinches, who rarely use the feeders.
No nyger in the new feed but lots of sunflower seed so maybe that's it. Also I have been adding peanuts. Don't see many finches here, so great excitement...we don't get out much.
Only spotted one at my feeders and never saw it again. Pity, I like seeing the small colourful ones in the garden. Maybe try a different seed when the poor weather sets in, see if I can entice one or two in over the winter.
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