Answer: Posting a little snippet from the last week, to share on I Saw Sunday...
So here's one on Monday instead, better late than never.
For several weeks now, I've been eyeing up a four foot six 'weed' in my garden, that had materialised alongside my whirlygig line, but as it added a splash of colour with its pretty array of yellow flowerheads, I left it in peace.
And for the past few days two goldfinches have been saying "Thank you", by coming to feast on its seeds. I had to resort to Google for this image from The Guardian, as there was no chance of my catching my own visitors unawares.
I shan't be digging up the 'weed', but will leave it to flourish and possibly produce progeny in the future, in the hope it will encourage these delightful little birds to draw an 'X marks the spot' on their Good Food Guide Map.
I love gold finches such pretty little birds, we get them in our garden too. Nice to hear that you are letting their 'snack bar' thrive.
ReplyDeleteGood to see you again at I Saw Sunday. :-)
Have a great week. x
I've been known to let a weed flourish, actually the field is full of wild flower 'weeds'!
ReplyDeleteOooh, no, you couldn't possibly dig it up. That picture is absolutely gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteCJ xx
That's so neat, that a miscreant weed would attract such a gorgeous bird.
ReplyDeleteMessin' with our heads again, aren't ya? They ain't no such of a bird nowhur, no ma'am, no way, Jose, without the aid of photoshop er some such. But it's interestin' to see who bites at the bait...
ReplyDeleteFor RWP and any doubting Thomas, look HERE for the RSPB information.
ReplyDeleteA weed is only a flower growing in the wrong place Jinksy and this one is obviously growing in the right place. Have you put a new pic on your other sited yet - if so I shall pop over (if I can find it) and have another go at a poem.
ReplyDeleteI didn't doubt you for a moment, but assumed that European goldfinches have plumage unlike the goldfinches found in my part of the world. The goldfinch males that cavort around my garden in the spring would die of envy!
ReplyDeleteThe weed MUST STAY if it attracts such beautiful birds.
A thousand pardons! I stand corrected! I had heretofore been familiar with only the American goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) and have never before seen a European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
ReplyDeleteOurs look like this.
That bird is beautiful -- I'd never seen one before.
ReplyDeleteIf I saw that in my backyard, I would think it was an elaborate hoax of some kind. There's nothing that looks like that in my neck of the global woods...
Pearl
We've seen more Goldfinches this year, than ever before. Beautiful, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteThat little bird's a goldfinch? Our goldfinches are nearly all yellow. We have a bird similar to this one (imported but now wild) which we call a zebra finch. Do you have these Pen?
ReplyDeleteThat is not a Goldfinch. Goldfinch litterally translates into Goudvink, and our 'Goudvinken' look very different. Google them if you like.
ReplyDeleteThe bird in your photo is a Putter. Seriously. You British have got it all wrong! ;-)
Amazing, how a little weed can turn into an invitation for such beauty to stop by and linger!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you're being rewarded by seeing these lovely goldfinches by your act of kindness.
ReplyDeleteMaggie X
Nuts in May
That European goldfinch is GORGEOUS!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this Jinksy.
ReplyDeleteMany are often unaware of the vital role these 'weeds' play in supporting the biodiversity around us..
Ooh, lucky you:-) I love goldfinches with their clown make-up. We used to have a lot of them in the garden but rarely see one now, although we still feed the birds. Collared doves are a rarity now, too:-(
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