i was trying to get some photos right on dark of what i thought were pardalotes it was only when i got home that i realised they were gold finches i have never seen them in the wild before IMG]http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b467/futura123/abc1.jpg[/IMG]
Gidday sparrow......You would not believe I was just thinking yesterday about Goldfinches and wondering if they were still in the ACT area where I grew up.
I remember them as a kid and there beautiful calls.
They used to nest about a metre off the ground in the base of poplar trees and a bit higher up on the outer branches of pine trees.
Thanks heaps for sharing that pic it is one bird I would like to see more of on here, I know its introduced, but its still a nice finch.
If I can ask, where was that taken Sparrow.
Cheers.
It was taken just outside Cranbourne gardens in Melbourne.
I kept them as a boy a long long time ago,I to was happy to see what seemed to be a small colony living happily in the wild.
I will be going back to see if i can get a better shot,as i said it was almost dark by the time i got one to sit still long enough to have his photo taken.
cheers sparrow
Thanks for sharing sparrow.
They definitely are a beautiful bird.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
They nest every year at my place near Bathurst. We don't have many exotic birds so I can't say they are welcome. I live in dread that sparrows or starlings will take up residency here, we do also have blackbirds but they seem to be a stable population.
Where i live we have a problem with Indian miners,the only natives who can stand up to them are noisy miners and magpies they chase off everything else,I'm seeing them further into the bush each year i worry that one day they will be all that is left.