FINCHES

You will have to left click to see the birds because I haven't quite figured out how to enlarge and crop my pictures using this camera. When you do the enlargment you can clearly see our finches have returned. The first two pictures of the wooden feeder show some beautiful redheaded house finches and the third picture shows the lineup of goldfinches waiting to enjoy the thistle seed bag. The feeders are still further than normal distance from the house. As this year's flock gets used to seeing us, Deb will move the feeders closer so that we can enjoy their colors more. I picked up a 50 pound bag of niger seed but when Deb put out the first feeder full we soon discovered that a small flaw at the bottom was allowing the seed to escape when the feeder was shaken. Needless to say, we are waiting for a new feeder before putting out more niger seed and meanwhile the mourning doves are enjoying the rare treat of niger seed all over the ground.