[lang_en]Goldfinches[/lang_en][lang_fr]Chardonneret elegant[/lang_fr]
[lang_fr]Dans mon derniere article, j’ai montre un photo d’un chardonneret sur nos tournesols. C’etait la seul photo que j’avais a l’instant, et j’esperait pouvoir faire mieux. Je n’avais pas longtemps a attendre, les photos ici etaient prises qu’un ou deux jours plus tards!
D’apres le RSPB (Societe Royale pour la Protection d’Oiseaux en Angleterre), on peut voir des chardonnerets toute l’annee (v.g. par google). Chez-moi, il semble qu’en ete ils se cachent ailleurs, nous ne les avons pas vus depuis le printemps. Avant ca, on voyait souvent une douzaine de chardonnerets qui s’alimentait dans les buissons pas loin de notre fenetre.
On va les donner a manger pendant l’hiver. Tout oiseau, surtout si coloris, sera le bienvenu dans notre jardin.
chardonnerets sur tournesols
qu'est-ce t'as trouve?
pas facile, ces graines
hein! pas de photo, s.v.p!
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[lang_en]In my last post, I showed a picture of a goldfinch feeding on one of our sunflowers. That was the only photo I had at the time, and I was hoping to get something better than that. I didn’t have long to wait, these pictures were taken just a day or two later!
According to the RSPB, goldfinches can be seen all year round. Where I live, they seem to find somewhere else to go in summer, we haven’t seen them since Spring. Before that, we would regularly see a group of a dozen or so birds feeding on the teasels not far from our window.
We shall be putting out seed for them through the winter. Any bird, especially one that colourful, is welcome in our garden.
goldfinches on sunflowers
are you finding anything...?
these seeds aren't easy...
Oi! Did you just take my photograph?
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Tags: [lang_en]Birds[/lang_en][lang_fr]Oiseaux[/lang_fr], [lang_en]Goldfinch[/lang_en][lang_fr]Chardonneret[/lang_fr], [lang_en]RSPB[/lang_en][lang_fr]RSPB (protection des oiseaux)[/lang_fr], [lang_en]Sunflowers[/lang_en][lang_fr]Tournesols[/lang_fr]
October 6th, 2009 at 09:00
The goldfinch is one of my favourite birds. It’s taken them a while to find our bird feeders, but now they visit on a regular basis.
I know it’s off topic, but you asked a couple of questions over at my place, so I thought I’d come over and say hello and put the answer for you here as well. Thanks for reading such a long article and still wanting to ask questions
Hollow tining is a way of lawn aeration (and counteracting the effects of compaction) that’s more effective than using a fork. You use something that looks similar to a fork, but each tine looks like a tube. You then spike the lawn and little cores of lawn and soil come out leaving small holes around 4 inches in depth. These holes should then be filled so that aeration continues.
The usual filler is sand, but the council are using recycled rubber instead. Now I’m not sure about this because over time there must be a chance that the hollow tining brings up rubber instead of soil. And it doesn’t rot down either. I was wondering whether fine grit might be the solution instead if the usual sand isn’t good for London’s grass. I’ll see if I can find a link for hollow tining and insert it into my post just in case others have the same question.
October 6th, 2009 at 21:25
Hi VP, and welcome! Thanks for the explanation. For my readers, VP was answering a question I left on her post at http://vegplotting.blogspot.com/2009/10/public-space-workshop-management.html. Check it out if you want to find out what it’s all about!
August 23rd, 2010 at 21:17
Those are not Gold finches
August 23rd, 2010 at 21:24
Hi Jo-ann.
I’m guessing you’re in America? The American goldfinch and the european goldfinch bear little resemblance to each other, and as far as I am aware, are totally unrelated. I guess we just use the same word for different birds.