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Goldfinch in the Garden
Tom Mtchell took this shot of the New Jersey state bird by the Celery Farm Butterfly Garden.
Hello, Summer! (Thanks, Tom!)
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We usually keep thistle seed out for them. They love that. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209217715056078&set=pb.1117087692.-2207520000.1466299816.&type=3&theater
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Over the years, Goldfinches in our yard have eaten buds of an entire flower box of petunias and killed large potted scaevola through de-budding. We even put netting over the scaevola to no avail. We still love our state bird but yikes, the are voracious.
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Marianne Herrmann
We usually keep thistle seed out for them. They love that. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209217715056078&set=pb.1117087692.-2207520000.1466299816.&type=3&theater
sallyt.
Over the years, Goldfinches in our yard have eaten buds of an entire flower box of petunias and killed large potted scaevola through de-budding. We even put netting over the scaevola to no avail. We still love our state bird but yikes, the are voracious.