Most people think I'm eccentric, which is true, although there were one or two people who thought I was completely mad last year about October because I bought a thistle seed feeder and some thistle seed because I had seen a goldfinch in the area.
My garden is a small enclosed backyard but I was confident that if I filled the feeder and hung it on the pole with the seed and nut feeders, the goldfinches would see it and come to feed. Someone pointed out to me that they would need very good eyesight to see the thistle seed because it's so small, but I kept faith and waited.
I'm not sure if the goldfinches migrated this winter with the very cold weather that we had in December because I didn't see any after I put the feeder out, but I do know that they always appear in the spring on the homestore car park and my patience was rewarded yesterday morning. There in the sunshine was a beautiful goldfinch on the feeder so I'm hoping that now he knows where his favourite food is he'll bring along his friends.
Good for you grandma! I'd say those friends will be along in time.
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