Susan,

Goldfinches postpone their breeding season until nearer the time of
thistle seed emergence. This is the explanation for the 'lateness' of
observations of juvies.

Scott R a y

Yakima

On 9/9/05, carenp at totalise.co.uk <carenp at totalise.co.uk> wrote:
> at my feeders, the vast preponderance of birds right now are northern
> flicker, stellar's jay, house finch, and american goldfinch... the AMGOs
> are mostly done with their plumage change, but a few are still undergoing
> metamorphosis...
>
> as recently as a few days ago, there were still several begging juveniles,
> not quite as downy as you suggest, but obvious nonetheless... and, just as
> in your situation, the adults are pretty much ignoring the noisy youngster.
>
> what's surreal, i suppose, is these finches are pretty messy eaters, and
> the kids walk through some perfectly-fine "detritus," and haven't figured
> out what they are walking on as they get downright rambunctious about the
> older generation and their apparent (no pun intended) lack of concern...
>
> 00 caren
> http://www.parkgallery.org
> from the net near the evil empire
>
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 14:25 , camel at drizzle.com sent:
>
>
>
>
> Tweets -
>
> All day today, what looks like a juvenile goldfinch has been chasing two
> adults around my yard and my feeders, begging begging begging. Non-stop.
> Junior is currently begging on the bottom rung of the thistle feeder, with
> the adults on the next level ignoring Jr entirely.
>
> Isn't this a bit late for goldfinch babies? I thought they were done by
> now. Jr looks VERY junior, still sort of downy and not many days out of
> the nest. He's not much of a flyer, either, more like he throws himself
> (herself?) at the next perching spot and feels lucky!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Susan Collicott
> camel at drizzle.com
> Sunset Hill neighborhood, Ballard
>
>
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Scott R a y
Yakima, WA
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