Where Do Yellow Goldfinch Live

Around Town: Audubon Society hike, meeting at Exploration Gateway

The monthly meeting of the Canton Audubon Society takes place on the third Wednesday of each month at the Exploration Gateway at Sippo Lake Park at 5712 12th St. NW in Perry Township. Prior to each meeting, club members and guests take a short hike along the park trails, identifying a variety of birds that live or migrate through the area. You don’t have to be an Audubon member to attend, and everyone is welcome to stay for the meeting at 7 p.m. 3. The dock at the back of the Exploration Gateway and boardwalk over the wetland at Sippo Lake Park offer good viewing areas for water fowl like wood ducks, mallards, Great Blue herons, and Canada Geese, and possibly some migrating shore birds. The nearby woods hold cardinals, goldfinch, robins and red-winged blackbirds, as well as blue jays, Carolina wrens, common grackles and dark-eyed juncos. Birders might also be lucky enough to spot a Cooper’s hawk, cedar waxwing, or yellow-rumped warbler. Join this hike and meeting with experienced birders to meet others who share your interests during the beautiful fall at Sippo Lake. Not only will you learn some tricks to spotting and identifying birds, but you’ll learn about other places to visit to see wider varieties of our fine feathered friends. This month’s program on Texas birding sites will be especially interesting and informative, as Texas is home to many wonderful birding sites.

Goldfinches, Entertainment in the Fall

Now that my hummingbirds are all but gone (some still stop for an energy boost from the feeder as they fly south) my attention returns to the goldfinches that grace our property.  I watch when they brave the neighborhood cats as they play feeder-tag just off of my deck.  This will be my entertainment for fall.  Even though some of this is repeat information I have decided to revisit the topic of this delightful bird.  

Unlike a lot of birds, goldfinches will stick around, they are not migratory birds.  Birds and Blooms has a list of the most wanted backyard birds and how to attract them.  Take a look at the terrific information provided.  To expand my knowledge base I was happy to check and see what I could do to make them happy to be here.  I learned a lot of cool facts, such as the wild goldfinch will live for 3 to 6 years, however there has been record of one surviving 11 years.  That is amazing.