Odd… they won’t come directly into our backyard but hang around the perimeter. They are thick along the canal banks behind us, and north of us on Shalerock Road. I just hung a DIY thistle feeder thinking I might be able to entice them closer, and the garden is full of all different sorts of sunflowers so we shall see. They do seem to love the lead plant and locusts along the canal. I see them in small flocks at unpredictable times now, throughout the year, and they certainly brighten up those last cheerless days of winter.
Liz Medes
Emmett, the east side
I’m in the North End of Boise and I have the same thing happening. Only here
they hang out in the top of our maple and beg from up there. Right now most
of them have gotten around to feeding on their own, but some still beg.
And my wife has Rudbeckia all over the yard, which is just now starting to
bloom. The LEGO’s are already hanging out in the plants, and all winter they
feed on the seeds. What’s amazing is when they land on a slender stem and it
barely bends.
Right now they also have to deal with a very aggressive male Black-chinned
that seems to think he owns the yard. Sitting out on the deck for dinner has
produced some really close fly-bys.
Tom McCabe, Boise
For lab chick what city are you in.
I have been observing Lesser Goldfinches in my backyard year round for several years now. I have 3 thistle socks and they come every day. They have successfully reared many fledglings that come to the feeders and beg from their parents!
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