Leon,
Wonderful and beautiful pics and banner! We love the goldfinches! Thank you for posting your wonderful, clear and sharp pics! Sweet little birds that bring alot of joy year round! I leave the coneflowers with the dried cones for them to feed from (like little feeders). Happy to see them feeding from them, as well as, zinnia flower petals!
We've been feeding songbirds year round on the ground and in feeders, since Dec. 2000. In addition, hummingbirds get their 6 feeders spring through early fall or when we don't see any of them anymore.