bepo 4 Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 (edited) dose anyone no what kind of goldfinch this was,when i was around 12 13 years old i had seen a bird with the flock of goldfinch,all yellow with a redhead and a darker yellow stripe on the wings like the goldfinch,and he had 2 young birds with him,all yellow and getting there redhead,and when he give that trup all of the flock would move on with him 40 or so, and have never seen on since.and he sing like the goldies. Edited April 18, 2013 by bepo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bunnys 1,236 Posted April 19, 2013 Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 bepo ,this sounds like it may have been a finch from the continental stock .THEY often spend time on our shores deep winter,or a clear finch they do pop up now and again , times of old my grandfarther would of been looking to utilise these finches lol. atb bunnys. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bepo 4 Posted April 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) 3 lovely birds,i could not seem to trap one,they use to stay that bit away from the cage,i think the hawk done away with them,this was the middle of summer,when all the young goldies where out.i was up at 6am on till it got dark try to get them me and friends day in and out Edited April 19, 2013 by bepo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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