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    Put some Niger seed out the other day on the off chance and a Goldfinch has taken a liking to it. Strange that it is only one of them, the other is eating the Sunflower hearts.
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    The last couple of weeks my goldfinches have been eataing a small amount of niger but mainly it's sunflower hearts which is top of the menu

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    Lovely captures. Really beautiful birds

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    I have about 8 Goldfinches that comes to the feeder with niger seed in it, all day and everyday. They won't eat anything else lol

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    Cool to have that visitor - but it's gfunny that people always recommend Niger or the GFs, yet one prefers the sunflower - well, we all have our own taste :-)

    Sandra - you have 8 - at the same time? Wow - that must look fantastic? What other visitors do you normally have?

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    Hi Louise.
    Yes, I have had 6-8 goldfinches on the niger feeder and it is so comical to see them arguing over the seed. I also have a Hybrid, I was told is is a cross between a Goldfinch and a Linnet. It seems quite tame too.
    I don't know how to add a pic to my reply for you to see it.

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    Hi Sandra, when you are replying, go to advanced, then manage attachments, you can then either search for them on your PC, or paste a URL from an online photo storage site.
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    Thank you Rolf.
    I am now going to try and post a pic of the Hybrid that comes to my garden for the niger seeds. :-)
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    It is a tame little bird and does not fly away when I go out my back garden and stand near it :-)

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    Looks like a Juvenile Sandra, nice that you can get relatively close to it.
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    How wonderful, Sandra! As Rolf said, it's great that you can get so close. I'm hoping to 'train' this years cheeky Robin to come close. I stayed at a place in Devon once where the Robin would feed from your hand. He would only fly in at light-speed, snatch and fly away.. but it was still fantastic

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