[Clint N. Suhks]

I hate Grackles! They scare off my goldfinches and all the other birds except the mockingbird, he's a badass.

I got the same pole with the 4 arms. See my goldfinch?

[MagUSNRET]

Grackels are noithing more than crap machines! They ravage my feeders and my suet stations.........but hey...I guess they gotta eat too..............(but I do tend to scare them away whenever I can) ;-)

[MagUSNRET]

I DO see the goldfinch, and a handsome male he is!

[MagUSNRET]

I am not a “professional” but I do put out feed and have several pairs of Cardinals and their oung...and 6 sets of bluebirds and their young...gold and house finches..Nuthatches.......chickadees.......Grosbeaks....Mockingbirds..FLickers......Downy and Hairy woodpeckers....the damned grackles........and 2 bluejays...

life is good.......
When I had my previous home...one summer I counted 68 different varieties of birds coming to my feeders.....It is truly better than television :-)

[Carriage Hill]

If you have/plant a nice patch of Purple Coneflowers (Echinacea purpureum), and don't dead-head or cut them down in the fall, the Gold Finches will feed there all fall and winter, on the dried seed heads.

Same with Black-Eyed Susans (Rudbeckia goldstrum).