20 years ago was the last time I seen a european goldfinch in NE. Vic . A very friendly bird , I don't think it did any damage to the environment ( or greeeenies) .I was wondering what happened to them ? (remember the canary in the coal mine)
Covid Good News Story.......if we had not been home this year this little fella (Eric..) would have died ,.We found him as a baby , on deaths doorstep, and nursed him back to health. Now he lives outdoors foraging but comes in for a nibble out of my hand morning and night. Great mates and great to see him healthy and being able to use his instincts survive in the wild .
We occasionally see gold finches at the Jerrabomberra Wetlands in Canberra.
While the odd introduced species may seem to be of little impact, they are competing with the natives for food & nesting sites. However there are two natives that are becoming pests & are being found where they haven't been in the past. They are the rainbow lorrikeet & the noisy miner.
The greatest threat to our birds is habitat loss - both from agriculture & mining with quite a few bird species on the edge of extinction.
There is a free app that you nomads can download to keep track of the birds you see on your travels. It is called eBird.
Recoup said
01:43 PM Dec 29, 2020
Warren-Pat_01 wrote:
We occasionally see gold finches at the Jerrabomberra Wetlands in Canberra. While the odd introduced species may seem to be of little impact, they are competing with the natives for food & nesting sites. However there are two natives that are becoming pests & are being found where they haven't been in the past. They are the rainbow lorrikeet & the noisy miner.
The greatest threat to our birds is habitat loss - both from agriculture & mining with quite a few bird species on the edge of extinction.
There is a free app that you nomads can download to keep track of the birds you see on your travels. It is called eBird.
It's nice to see that are still some around , talk about pests ,we had the black birds, the hole neighbourhood was fed up with them , the noise and mess was just to much .
20 years ago was the last time I seen a european goldfinch in NE. Vic . A very friendly bird , I don't think it did any damage to the environment ( or greeeenies) .I was wondering what happened to them ? (remember the canary in the coal mine)
Covid Good News Story.......if we had not been home this year this little fella (Eric..) would have died ,.We found him as a baby , on deaths doorstep, and nursed him back to health. Now he lives outdoors foraging but comes in for a nibble out of my hand morning and night. Great mates and great to see him healthy and being able to use his instincts survive in the wild .
Never heard of or seen them. But then I'm not much of a bird watcher though I do feed a range of birds from time to time.
https://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/european-goldfinch
While the odd introduced species may seem to be of little impact, they are competing with the natives for food & nesting sites. However there are two natives that are becoming pests & are being found where they haven't been in the past. They are the rainbow lorrikeet & the noisy miner.
The greatest threat to our birds is habitat loss - both from agriculture & mining with quite a few bird species on the edge of extinction.
There is a free app that you nomads can download to keep track of the birds you see on your travels. It is called eBird.
It's nice to see that are still some around , talk about pests ,we had the black birds, the hole neighbourhood was fed up with them , the noise and mess was just to much .