American Goldfinch & Female Purple Finch (Please read the Information attached, if you feed birds)
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American Goldfinches & female purple finch – This feeder has been through a lot, the Squirrels & Racoons chewing on it trying to get the seeds out , as you can see here. lol I Even caught a moose stealing the seeds, one of the reasons a perch is missing on this feeder. The feeder is still useable even in it’s current state. I have other feeders. I took these type of feeders down & replaced them with a Gazeebo type of feeders, as I noticed one of the female Goldfinches has an eye infection. That is one of the reasons why, these types of feeders are actually not that great for the birds. Because they have to stick their heads in a hole to retreive the seeds, they can either contract another birds eye infection or give one to other birds from their own infected eye. I clean my feeders often, which is something everyone should be doing, if they have feeders in their yard. It’s recomended that if you do see a sick bird at your feeders, to either remove the bird feeders all together, or use open source feeders. Some suggest taking the feeders down all together for a week or so & when you put them back out, monitor the birds in case a sick bird is present again. Its so sad. 
( History: Where did the disease start? Conjunctivitis was first noticed in House Finches during the winter of 1993-94 in Virginia and Maryland. The disease later spread to states along the East Coast, and has now been reported throughout most of eastern North America, as far north as Quebec, Canada, and as …
& 170 color photos & 7 x 9 . Complete description of life cycle and activities in the wild. Brilliant, hard-to-capture images from leading nature photographers& Straightforward, concise text by an expert Praise for Black-capped Chickadee and Northern Cardinal “This series will find a welcome place in bird-watching’s storehouse of literature.” –Pete Dunne “Read these books and you will be prepared to observe much more than the casual observer ever notices afield.” –Howard Robinson, American Bird Watcher “Even those intimately familiar with the birds will find a great deal of information here, and those who have only a passing acquaintance will find these books a valuable resource and a pleasure to read. The photographs . . . are uniformly excellent, and many of them are stunning.” –Eirik A. T. Blom, Bird Watcher’s Digest With its bright yellow plumage, appealing song, and late-season nesting habits, the American Goldfinch is a welcome backyard visitor in North America. This fourth book in Stackpole’s Wild Bird Guides series provides a detailed, insightful examination of the goldfinch’s behavior and natural history, including mate selection, brooding and nesting habits, methods of communication, interaction with other species, and dramatic seasonal plumage changes. Alex Middleton, professor of zoology at the University of Guelph, has written extensively on the American Goldfinch and other species. He is the coeditor of The Encyclopedia of Birds and a contributor to The Birds of North America series. He lives in Ontario. Also in the Wild Bird Guides series: & Black-capped Chickadee by Susan M. Smith & Northern Cardinal by Gary Ritchison & Tufted Titmouse by Thomas C. Grubb, Jr. & Downy Woodpecker (available Spring 1999) & Ruby-throated Hummingbird (available Fall 1999) & Red-tailed Hawk (available Spring 2000)
It is great to feed the finches in the backyard. But imagine having one as a pet.
