The Goldfinch Survives--Just
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A very interesting coming of age novel, completely unique in my experience.  (I generally don't like coming of age novels.)  Extremely literate, the novel follows three young misfits from adolescence into young adulthood.  All were seared by childhood trauma; all made it to adulthood, albeit with scars.  (I found out about Narcon.)  Like the painting The Goldfinch, they were all thought lost, but were finally found.
454979
The Goldfinch was not what I expected.  The first third of the book was very engaging, hard to put it down.  When the topic went to the desert, wicked stepmothers, drugs and stealing I lost interest.  The section on antiques and the Village in NYC was interesting.  Our hero had a heart of tarnished gold.
2334848
There are 18 feeding ports (I counted) and the finches seem to enjoy the feeder--in fact, I can hardly keep it filled fast enough.  But, there is still the problem with the bullying.  The finches seem to be the worst offenders, although no one seems to really go hungry.  It's really entertaining to see it filled with goldfinches!
2683869
The goldfinches wanted nothing to do with this thing. They couldn't figure it out so they gave up.
2236049
This is a replacement for the same feeder, which is about 5 years old. The old feeder was badly damaged by an animal, we think a bear based upon the damage to the post as feeder, but did not see it. However, this feeder is used all the time by both the smaller birds and larger birds. We use the oiled sunflower seeds and get a constant stream of birds to this feeder.
I did find the cable holding the feeder to be of lower quality than the rest of the feeder. I replaced their steel rope with a thicker one with plastic coating. The replacement cable has survived without damage.
17570
This is a sweet story about a mom and her son taking a walk and all the interesting sites they see. Jacob loved the goldfinch because its the state bird of Iowa and that's where his daddy was born. Jacob gives this story two slobbery baby thumbs up!
3514765
I bought this from Walmart and probably after a month of having it the seal holding the plastic covering up came loose. When I came home one day I found a sparrow trapped in feeder under the plastic 'roof'. I quickly took the feeder down released the frightened bird and broke the plastic roof off with a hammer. I did not want to risk having another incident. The feeder works great without the roof and is safer for my feathered friends =)
4459884
We have visited the museum where this plane is now located and it is indeed a miracle that the people were saved. The imprints on the plane where the birds hit are very visible and to think of how hard the surface of a plane is and to see the indentation that the birds made...makes one give thanks for their lives being spared.
1921570
I read it for the second time recently and enjoyed it much more this time. I had also recently read 'The Goldfinch' (brilliant!) so decided to refresh my memory of this book. It seems to be a theme of the author's to have youngsters cast adrift and groping their way to adulthood through the most difficult of circumstances. And the drugs!! It would frighten any parent if it is so normal to consume endless supplies of drugs and drink. Yet the heroes survive and in both books are likeable in spite of mistakes made and some unfortunate choices. I loved both stories and would recommend them highly.
2011813
At first there was a bit of confusion. The story being told mostly by an outsider. I would give a 5 for writing, but only a 4 rating. Many parts tended to drag. I liked the Goldfinch much more.
2442932
I love these (goldfinches do too) - unfortunately it also seems to be a bear's favorite feeder. I find them mauled up the mountain when they catch me off guard - so it's always on my re-order list.
208420
Tons of goldfinches!  And house finches and all the other birds I can't identify.  Prior to this brand, I bought some crappy stuff at the local bog box store and it stayed in the feeder for months.  The birds know the difference between quality product and garbage.  Almost time to reorder again!
2495806
Awesome visual feeder for many goldfinches at once (love the "mob scene", tho flimsy, tough to clean, and requires frequent filling... would still purchase again!!
4450796
From beginning to end, The Goldfinch was one of the most idea-driven, beautifully written literary novels, I have read.  Donna Tartt's confidence never failed me and it's ending did not disappoint me like so many otherwise well-written novels have.
733863
Used it for a couple of weeks, with little success at attracting birds.  Only a female goldfinch would use it even when her male partner was close by.  Switched to a plain thistle sock feeder and now get several goldfinches.  Still, the chickadees and titmice prefer the mixed seed feeder, even though they end up spitting out the seeds they don't want.  (Can birds spit?  Do you have to have lips to spit?)  In my view, save  your money and buy a sock feeder.  I will say that a persistent squirrel trying to climb down to it from the long arm from which it was hanging was foiled by the wire and cap, but I expect if squirrels really liked thistle, they would find a way.
763376
I admired my sister's feeder so my brother-in-law had Amazon ship this to me.  They had mobs of Gold Finches on theirs but it didn't take long for the aggressive, noisy, squabbling House finches to take this over and chased my Gold Finches away.  So, I decided to let this stay half full and now I have all kinds of really interesting "hanging" birds feeding off of it and NO house finches!  I am getting Chickadees, Nuthatches, Tufted Titmouse and Downy woodpeckers.  So if you want a more interesting type bird visiting, get one of these and keep it half full.  If you aren't overrun with House finches, the Gold Finches do really well with it.  I've had zero problems keeping the lid on and very little problems with squirrels.  Bear in mind that niger seed (too small) and the large striped sunflower seed (too large) do not work with this, only the smaller black oil sunflower seeds.
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This has seen a lot of activity over the winter.  It can easily accommodate a dozen and maybe more goldfinches at once, the mesh is apparently the right size, it is easily cleaned, and, best of all, the bottom is plastic and does not rust away in a year as has every metal bottomed feeder of this type that I have used.  It doesn't seem it should be hard to get something so simple right, but this is the first one I've used that has.