Comments on: Goldfinhes On The Grill

By: Eofhan

Eofhan — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:24:41 +0000

Oh. I read the title and expected people to be grilling song birds (“Bob came home with some lovely steaks yesterday, so we grilled them with fresh sweet corn and a few goldfinches.”)

By: Maggie

Maggie — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:41:29 +0000

People do the same thing to me – come into work and tell me some horrific story relating to animals. Or how they say a hurt animal and didn’t do anything but want to tell me all about it! Sometimes when they start talking I interrupt and say: “Is this a bad story? Does it have a sad ending?” If they say yes, I say: “I’m sorry I can’t hear a story like that today.” Because some days I really can’t…

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:12:43 +0000

Hi Sharon,

I wonder if goldfinches have an especially difficult time coping with the dangers of automobiles – eyesight, perception, reaction time, metabolic rate -whatever the reason might be. More than once we’ve encountered a small flock (15-30 birds) sitting in the middle of a quiet rural paved road and all but refusing to move when we tried to drive by. We’ve also noticed that goldfinches are much more apt to “sit” at our feeders than other species. We see chickadees and nuthatches perch briefly, but never sit comfortably and enjoy the dining ambiance as goldfinches seem to do. I may be connecting the wrong dots, but I wonder if they might not be as alert to dangers as other birds are.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:35:32 +0000

Belated Happy Birthday.

And yes – have seen the truck nuts, a few states (Virginia and Arizona if I recall correctly) have tried to ban them.

There’s so many reasons for folks to slow down and drive with more care. Thank you for pointing out one more.