The finches have arrived (cats, cats, eating, blooming)

[paperhouse]

And they're eating all my black eyed susan seeds.

[Nomadicus]

Originally Posted by paperhouse

And they're eating all my black eyed susan seeds.

Wouldn't they much prefer a feeder with finch seed? Don't they like thistle seed. It's been years and I may be off on the thistle part.

[Ohiogirl81]

Finches love my garden. The eat the seeds from the echinacea, black eyed susans, catnip, and sunflowers. It's so cool to see them clinging to the catnip stems -- there might be five or six of them at once in the catnip clump. My cats get a double bonus -- the catnip, natch ... and birdies feeding on the catnip seeds!

[paperhouse]

Originally Posted by Nomadicus

Wouldn't they much prefer a feeder with finch seed? Don't they like thistle seed. It's been years and I may be off on the thistle part.

There's bull thistle in my neighbor's yard. It's just started blooming. Maybe this is the appetizer.

[Towhee]

What kind of finches ? We have Goldfinch year around. They just become more colorful in breeding season.
We have Purple Finch only in winter.

[paperhouse]

Originally Posted by Marianinark

What kind of finches ? We have Goldfinch year around. They just become more colorful in breeding season.
We have Purple Finch only in winter.

Gold. I believe they were both females. I was hoping they would come back this evening.