{"id":30240,"date":"2012-12-30T10:52:28","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T09:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=30240"},"modified":"2019-12-22T22:34:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T09:34:40","slug":"european-goldfinch-males","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/european-goldfinch-males\/","title":{"rendered":"European Goldfinch, males"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carduelis carduelis – Passeriformes – Fringillidae.<\/p>\n

This is the bird that started my passion for birding when I was a kid! I have hand raised a number of Goldfinches but one in particular was very special. He would go to his cage only to sleep and nibble seeds, otherwise he was always with one of us!<\/p>\n

A la rencontre des Chardonnerets<\/p>\n

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Toute ma passion pour les oiseaux a commencé avec eux. J’ai eu l’occasion d’en élever à la main, tombés de l’immense glycine qui ornait la façade de la maison de ma grand-mère. L’un d’eux nous était particulièrement attaché.<\/p>\n

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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Le chant d’un chardonneret en “captivité” est bien plus mélodieux que celui des oiseaux sauvages. Ilss ne viennent jamais à la mangeoire, j’ai fait un affût rien que pour eux devant cette vieille tige de Bardane dont ils semblaient raffoler!<\/p>\n

The Goldfinch song is much more melodious from a ‘captive’ bird then from a wild one. As they do not come to the feeders, I went in hide where I knew they come to eat the seeds from a dried burdock twig.<\/p>\n

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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

On n’est pas surpris qu’il puisse aller chercher des petites graines tout au fond des fleurs séchées, avec ce bec si particulièrement affilé:<\/p>\n

With such a sharp beak, no wonder it can search deep into the flower to extract the tiny seeds:<\/p>\n

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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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