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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!

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    Difficulty:
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    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.

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    • Nov 22, 2005
      I made a feeder out of a plastic soft drink bottle.The hole was big enough that a dove got inside, but couldn/t get out. I had to pull her out. She was so frightened! So please watch the size of the feeding port. I sure learned my lesson!

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