How to Attract Goldfinches

Tiny goldfinches, with their beautiful yellow breeding plumage, are popular feeder birds throughout the year. If you see some in your area, provide a feeder for them, and they're likely to come flocking!

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Birdseeds
• Black-oil Sunflower Seeds
• Satellite Feeders
• Tube Seed Bird Feeders
• Hulled Sunflower Seeds
• Plastic Storage Containers

1. Purchase a tube seed feeder with several feeding ports appropriate for smaller birds.

2. Purchase black-oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds or niger seed.

3. Fill feeder with seed.

4. Hang feeder from a tree or another appropriate location.

Tips & Warnings

• Goldfinches can be found throughout most of the United States at all times of the year.

• Hulled sunflower seeds are more expensive than those in the shell but are very popular with birds and save you the chore of cleaning up sunflower hulls.

• Other species of birds, including siskins, nuthatches, house finches, grosbeaks and jays, may be attracted to sunflower seeds.

• Make sure feeding ports on your feeder are small enough to contain niger seed if you choose to offer it.

• Goldfinches will also eat seeds out of hopper feeders, satellite feeders and off the ground.

• Clean seed feeders regularly and avoid letting wet or damp seed remain in feeders.