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!
Purchase a tube seed feeder with several feeding ports appropriate for smaller birds.
Step2
Purchase black-oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds or niger seed.
Step3
Fill feeder with seed.
Step4
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.
on 11/22/2005
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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Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 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!