Goldfinches
January 18, 2010
It has been snowing. I sit at the table in the kitchen and look out of the window. Of course it is beautiful, and the birds come.
Three, four, then five goldfinches arrive on some uncut seed heads. They work (eat) quietly and carefully with their tweezer like beaks.
I get that image in my head, sit for a while longer then go and do some work.
The latin name for goldfinch is Carduelis carduelis. I don’t need to know this but I like to write it down (it would be in italics but my typewriter doesn’t do them). I read also that the name for a group of goldfinches is a charm (or chirm) and this seems very suitable.
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