Cirque du Soleil

by Patty
(Spokane)

Dear Gene,

I attached a recent picture of the babies for your pleasure and a photo of Mom and Dad bathing together between feedings. There are three babies.

A tiny one's head pops up when Mom flies in to feed them. I also could write you a story about the family of goldfinches that return every year to my garden (9 of them last September).

You don't have any stories about your signature bird for your website. I call this photo "Cirque du Soleil" as Daddy Goldfinch is an acrobat on the sunflower.

I plant black oil sunflower seeds so when the seeds are ready the whole family returns to harvest and entertain us.

The rest of the summer they enjoy eating beet greens (photo #4). For the past 3 summers Dad has taught his new family members the pleasure of eating beet greens. Mom eats them, too!