Friday Creature

My birdfeeder has become so popular lately that I find myself having to fill it as often as every other day (over the winter, a feeder full would often last a week or more). So, I visited my local birdfeeding shop recently thinking that perhaps a larger feeder would be in order. But then a thistle feeder caught my eye and I thought perhaps that branching out might be more interesting than supplementing. I hadn't seen many goldfinches at that point, and the thistle feeder is supposed to attract them... So, I got one, and the goldfinches did eventually show up, but they don't have any interest in the thistle feeder -- in fact, the thing doesn't seem to attract anyone but the occasional chickadee who flits over when the crowd at the seed feeder gets too heavy...

Anyway, this week's creature is a female goldfinch at the seed feeder, ignoring all the thistle just a few feet away.

BONUS creature! Action shot!

A male goldfinch waits as a female comes in for a landing.

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