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Goldfinches love to eat sunflower seeds, so it's a good thing we have plenty of sunflowers!
Goldfinches are one of the only songbirds that feeds its young seeds, not insects. Thistles and sunflowers are their favorite, and they nest late in the summer to take advantage of the abundant crops.
They're shy, and startle easily, but with a little patience and a sharp eye, you should be able to observe them in the garden at the Columbia Pike Branch Library (where these photos were taken) or the Central Library.
- Starting Your Spring Garden - Tonight!
We've turned over the winter crop to prepare our garden for SpringJoin us Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our first Garden Talk of the new year: Starting your Spring Garden. USDA research entomologist...
- Sun Flowers At Columbia Pike
Do you like Sunflowers? Even though the Columbia Pike Branch Library is closed through Saturday, August 21, you can still visit our beautiful Papillon Parc on the Pike and enjoy the sunflowers, butterflies, finches and other plants and creatures who live...
- Seeds For Your Garden And Ours
In order to help jump-start our garden and yours, the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company has generously donated 250 packets of heirloom seed to the Library, including tomatoes, lettuce, kohlrabi, collards, cucumbers, squash, peppers, eggplant, peas, onions,...
- Library Learning Patch - Children Discovering Nature
We plan to have a lot of fun this year with our group of children. For those of you who are new to this site, the Library Learning Patch - Children Discovering Nature, is a joint project between the Red River County Public Library (Sponsored...
- Texas Master Naturalist Display - July 1, 2008
Beautiful Sunflowers! Common Name: Sunflowers Scientific Name: Helianthus (species unknown) These large sunflower blooms are from volunteer plants that came up aroud a bird-feeding station. These are of an unknown cultivating species. However,...
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Have You Spotted a Goldfinch in the Garden?
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| Can you see the goldfinch standing on the sunflower leaf? |
Goldfinches are one of the only songbirds that feeds its young seeds, not insects. Thistles and sunflowers are their favorite, and they nest late in the summer to take advantage of the abundant crops.
They're shy, and startle easily, but with a little patience and a sharp eye, you should be able to observe them in the garden at the Columbia Pike Branch Library (where these photos were taken) or the Central Library.
- Starting Your Spring Garden - Tonight!
We've turned over the winter crop to prepare our garden for SpringJoin us Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our first Garden Talk of the new year: Starting your Spring Garden. USDA research entomologist...
- Sun Flowers At Columbia Pike
Do you like Sunflowers? Even though the Columbia Pike Branch Library is closed through Saturday, August 21, you can still visit our beautiful Papillon Parc on the Pike and enjoy the sunflowers, butterflies, finches and other plants and creatures who live...
- Seeds For Your Garden And Ours
In order to help jump-start our garden and yours, the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company has generously donated 250 packets of heirloom seed to the Library, including tomatoes, lettuce, kohlrabi, collards, cucumbers, squash, peppers, eggplant, peas, onions,...
- Library Learning Patch - Children Discovering Nature
We plan to have a lot of fun this year with our group of children. For those of you who are new to this site, the Library Learning Patch - Children Discovering Nature, is a joint project between the Red River County Public Library (Sponsored...
- Texas Master Naturalist Display - July 1, 2008
Beautiful Sunflowers! Common Name: Sunflowers Scientific Name: Helianthus (species unknown) These large sunflower blooms are from volunteer plants that came up aroud a bird-feeding station. These are of an unknown cultivating species. However,...