Gold Finch are Coming, Gold Finch are Coming

You may have started seeing gold finch appearing at you door step. These little birds are the ones that turn bright yellow in the spring, then leave and go up north with their pretty color. They do winter over here in Oklahoma, even though they are not as pretty in the winter they are still fun birds to watch. These little bird use a lot of energy flitting around on cold winter days so you need to feed a food that is high in energy. Thistle seed, or Nyjer, is a great source of energy for gold finch. It is high in oil, which supplies them the energy to keep them going. The birds actually shell this seed so it will look like you have alot of seed on the ground, but they are eating it. We also make a goldfinch mix. This mix contains thistle seed, sunflower heart chips, red millet, and yellow finch millet. This feed is also packed full on energy. Now my dad puts on both thistle and goldfinch mix and depending on the year the birds like one better than the other. This year it seems like they perfer the goldfinch mix. We carry thistle in 2#, 5#, 10#, 25# and 50# bags. The goldfinch mix is available in 5#, and 25# bags. As a precaution you don't want to hold over either of these feed from one year to the next, since it is a high oil content feed it can go rancid. You can hold it over if you refrigerate it. Relax and enjoy your birds.