“Hey there, Uncle Tree! Do you hear what I hear?”
I do, Goldfinch. I surely do, and I can see it, too.
“Oh, I see it now. Well…is it prettier than I?”
No, no, no, my friend. There is no competition.
“Yah, right, Uncle Tree. That old plane is a beauty!”
Although, I do like its purr, your song is far more musical.
“At least, I have friends, and we have food, thanks to you!”
“Yellow bi-wings? Yes, we’ve got that covered, too.”
Photographs by Uncle Tree
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I find no words to expound on such beauty. Though i’d Like to be as good with a camera ☺️
You are too kind, ekurie. 🙂 Thank you! Glad you liked.
i love it! Made my Sunday!
That’s great to hear! 🙂 Now, you just made mine. Thank you, Jan!
I love the goldfinches. I have yet to catch one in my lens. Well, not one that has just the right look yet. Good work!
Can’t recall the last time I saw a goldfinch…oh yea, this morning thanks to you. That is some serious yellow. Might enjoy a titillating spin in the biplane, but hmmmm, exactly when was that engine built? Safer to experience the lovely GF comfortably grounded..
Wow excellent capture of the little finch. The yellow really stand out 💛🌻
Thank you doubly, Lloyd! 🙂 Bright colors make the best of summers.
Yes sir they do 😊
Thank you kindly, George! 🙂 Glad you like these seriously colorful shots.
That’s a 1942 Stearman — also a rare find around these parts.
I’d love to take it for a spin, on or off the ground.
Thank you bunches, Michelle! 🙂 Those finches love thistle,
but the farmers hate it, so we don’t see too awfully many of them.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?
The biplane is handsome, that much is clear,
but to your golden beauty, nothing comes near.
Well said. 🙂 Nice one, Tanja. The fairy tale lives on. Thank you!
Beautiful photos and story with it. Blessings
Thank you very much, puzzles! 🙂 Have a super-blessed Sunday!
Beautifully captured, UT! The story is so cute. 🙂
Hope you are enjoying Sunday.
Oh yes that’s true I guess farmers get rid of that for sure 🤗
How beautiful this goldfinch is and that unusual bi-plane and I would have loved to have seen both of them. I’m guessing this is in your garden since I see a feeder, or maybe it is in a meadow with the wildflowers? At any rate it is very nice and I was going to pass along my goldfinch post, one of my favorites, and I got the link and noticed you already saw/liked it. Marge used to hang sock feeders filled with niger seeds from her gazebo railings and she had goldfinch all the time – but now that she is gone, so are the sock feeders and the goldfinch activity. I look for them at the Park, but no luck this year.
Unique to you, Uncle Tree, bravo!
Thank you kindly, Amy! 🙂 Glad you liked my animated post.
I did have a good Sunday. Hope you have a great week.
Yes, Linda, the picture of two on the bird-feeder was from our backyard. Apparently, Goldfinches also eat sunflower seeds, or millet, or other such inexpensive “wild bird” feed as found at your local Tractor Supply store.
The first shots were taken in a tiny meadow (where nobody mows) a few town-homes north of here, between the fence and the road to Kawasaki. Around these parts, I only see them winging it from sunrise to a couple hours beyond. Love that early sun light on Summer morns. I pay for it later with chigger bites 😉 but it’s worth a shot or two.
They are such bright and beautiful birds Uncle Tree. I didn’t know they ate other seeds, but when I saw the one at the Park last year, he was pecking at a thistle flower.
We’ve got chigger, tick and mosquito issues this year from all the weeks of rain – now we are in almost drought-like conditions. We are slated for a heavy rain and storms tonight – other ‘burbs have had them, but not us today, though they were predicted to be widespread.
I know you like it when UT talks and Keith just moves his fingers, bruv. 😉
Always good to see you say something…anything!
Hope all is well with you, old friend. Peace and luvz, me²
Great pics and captions too!
Thank you very much, Cameron! 🙂 Glad you liked this fun post of mine.
Mmmm……the goldfinch looks as pretty as a woman in a yellow and black silk sari…😊. Well, the sari is the favourite garment of the Indian woman. (And the Indian man too…)
Glad you liked these shots, angelbeam. 🙂 Thank you very much!
You live in a very brightly colored artistic land. Would love to visit someday.
One of my favorite writers, Hermann Hesse, grew up there with his missionary parents. I learned a lot from his many writings.
Beautiful images, I also really like the story!
Thank you kindly, Maria! 🙂 Glad you liked this cute little post.
Divine! Thanks so much for sharing 😊
Thank you kindly, Julie! 🙂 Glad you liked these shots.
AGAIN you raise my chin…to see with delight…our birds and man made flight
can never replace, the wings on the yellow birds! Bless You! You made my day, along with the pair of cardinals, picking up moths in the back yard…ha
Thank you kindly, Connie! 🙂 Guess what?
Just this afternoon we went out and bought a bag of nyjer/thistle, and one of those specially made mesh bird-feeders to attract more finches.
It’s not cheap to feed all the birds year-round, but hey! In this case, more is better. Yes?
American goldfinch is so different from the European! He looks like a yellow petal. What a delightful little bird.
Thank you so much, Inese! 🙂 He’s bright and bold enough to be a fruit, methinks.
No doubt. So is your Robin 🙂