Comments on: Return of the Goldfinches http://arboretum.blog.gustavus.edu/2009/03/03/return-of-the-goldfinches/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:31:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Carol Zeh http://arboretum.blog.gustavus.edu/2009/03/03/return-of-the-goldfinches/comment-page-1/#comment-7764 Carol Zeh Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:15:34 +0000 http://arboretum.blog.gustavus.edu/?p=429#comment-7764 Our goldfinches have not been away at all. .they are at our thistle feeder every day. Today I saw one that was more yellow than the rest, so you are correct.. Spring is not far off in the Lake Minnetonka area. Our resident chipmunk was out yesterday as well. First time I have seen him, but he probably has been around a few days. His doorway has been under a snowbank that has now melted. We also have had lots of robins and cedar waxwings all winter. They like our crab apple trees and now we have grass for the robins to hop around on. The trumpeter swans were back on the lake inspecting their nest site, even tho the lake is still frozen. Our geese that stayed all winter have paired up and have been seen on solo flights and in pairs. Nesting in progress, we assume. A few eagle flights around, but no residency as yet on the nest near Watertown, MN. Our goldfinches have not been away at all. .they are at our thistle feeder every day. Today I saw one that was more yellow than the rest, so you are correct.. Spring is not far off in the Lake Minnetonka area. Our resident chipmunk was out yesterday as well. First time I have seen him, but he probably has been around a few days. His doorway has been under a snowbank that has now melted. We also have had lots of robins and cedar waxwings all winter. They like our crab apple trees and now we have grass for the robins to hop around on. The trumpeter swans were back on the lake inspecting their nest site, even tho the lake is still frozen. Our geese that stayed all winter have paired up and have been seen on solo flights and in pairs. Nesting in progress, we assume. A few eagle flights around, but no residency as yet on the nest near Watertown, MN.

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