Because of intensive and widespread winter feeding programs, thousands of goldfinches now spend the cold weather months in North Iowa where previously there were few or none. Bird feeding has also ...
"Tube feeders attract small perching birds such as finches, goldfinches, titmice, and chickadees," she writes. "These tube feeders allow the seed to flow only when birds peck at it, which helps ...
But, in fact, it’s only the male American goldfinch that ... is because as seedeaters, the birds wait for thistles to produce seed before building nests and feeding their young.