{"id":11486,"date":"2026-07-18T12:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T19:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=11486"},"modified":"2026-07-18T13:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T20:19:14","slug":"goldfinch-feeder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2026\/07\/18\/goldfinch-feeder\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldfinch Feeder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_11487\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/graphics\/imageview.php?image=http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260718-finch-feeder.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11487\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260718-finch-feeder-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260718-finch-feeder-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260718-finch-feeder-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260718-finch-feeder-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/20260718-finch-feeder.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finches at the feeder<\/p><\/div>This is one of our two Nyjer Seed Finch Feeders in the back yard. They are mounted on a crook which is staked into the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Note that the seed level is at about three-quarters full. I took this photo less than 24 hours since I filled the feeders to the top. Clearly, the Nyjer Seeds are very popular with the finches. <\/p>\n<p>We get a couple of species of finch that visit the feeders: House Finches and Goldfinches.<\/p>\n<p>I asked <a href=\"https:\/\/grok.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GROK<\/a> about the birds in this photo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThese are Lesser Goldfinches (Spinus psaltria), a very common and delightful visitor to nyjer (thistle) feeders in Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Quick Breakdown of the Birds in Your Photo:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bottom left (brightest one): Adult male Lesser Goldfinch. You can clearly see the diagnostic solid black cap, bright lemon-yellow underparts, and black wings with bold white wingbars\/patches. This is the classic look for males in breeding plumage.<\/li>\n<li>Bottom right: Likely a female or immature\/juvenile. Females are duller overall (more olive-yellow) with less contrast, no full black cap, and subtler wing markings.<\/li>\n<li>Top right (on the side): Another bird in a more olive\/grayish-green plumage, typical of females or younger birds.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s also a partially visible bird behind the feeder on the left that appears to have streaked brown tones, possibly another finch or a different visitor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lesser Goldfinches are one of the most frequent nyjer-seed specialists in the Southwest. They\u2019re small, acrobatic, and often come in small flocks. In the high Sonoran Desert around Wickenburg, they\u2019re year-round residents and love these tube-style finch feeders.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Camera Info:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Camera: Canon EOS Rebel SL3<\/li>\n<li>Artist: Cap&#8217;n Bob (C) 07\/18\/2026<\/li>\n<li>Exposure: 1\/320 sec.<\/li>\n<li>Aperture: F5.6<\/li>\n<li>Speed: ISO 200<\/li>\n<li>Focal Length: 180mm<\/li>\n<li>Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f\/4-5.6 IS STM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is one of our two Nyjer Seed Finch Feeders in the back yard. They are mounted on a crook which is staked into the ground.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,47,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-critters","category-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11486"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11494,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11486\/revisions\/11494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}