Discover simple tips and tricks to attract more goldfinches to your yard, from selecting the right plants to offering their ...

The seed within thistle socks can become quite wet with rain, so only use large ones during periods when you have enough finches to consume the contents in a few days.

Finches, including American goldfinches, are partial to eating from a sock feeder, which allows them to hold on and pluck out the thistle or other seeds, much like they do in nature. (Getty Images ...

Just before dark on New Year’s Eve, I filled all the bird feeders, and I didn’t skimp on the good stuff: black nyjer thistle for the finches, two kinds of suet for the woodpeckers, whole ...

On my next trip to the garden store, I purchased a finch feeder and a bag of tiny black nyjer thistle seeds. Sure enough, in a few days I had brightly colored yellow finches in view from my ...

Tube feeders work well for finches, because though these little birds eat lots of food, like seeds and mealworms, some of the most reliable finch foods are nyjer and thistle.

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