We still have siskins in our garden, but the most exotic resident through the summer will be our goldfinches, which are really lovely birds. There were two pairs in the area last summer; the most I've seen feeding with the siskins over the past couple of weeks has been three. This spell of bright and sunny spring weather is bringing on our daffodils - only a couple out as yet, but everywhere else the buds are on the verge of opening. We have kerria just about to open, and wood spurge well out, and the yellow archangel that spreads so readily across the shaded areas is full of new bright green leaf. The crocuses are all but finished, but we still have a brick red snapdragon in flower, which, along with our Mexican daisies, shows just how mild this winter has been!
Meanwhile, the goldfinches do really add to the brightness of the scene. I'm watching a couple now, perched on our feeders, with the sun glinting on them in a very attractive way. The red of the face is in fact more a stand-out feature than the gold from which they are named - until, that is, they take flight, when the gold and black of the spread wings is very distinctive. Now the two I was watching have moved on, but not far away, since I can still hear their twittering song.
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