No Goldfinch rage, then? I regularly found nests in the Geelong backyard, usually in apricot trees. According to HANZAB, Canberra is squarely in the breeding range and of the 506 NRS clutch records 17.4% were in Jan (20.3% for NSW)
From: John Layton [
Sent: Tuesday, 21 January 2014 11:15 AM
To: Canberra Birds
Subject: [canberrabirds] European Goldfinch breeding
I have a second hand report from a reliable source of a European Goldfinch sitting on eggs in a backyard at the Golf Course Estate, Belconnen. Nest is in a Mexican Pine Pinus idunno. Been years since I’ve seen a goldfinches’ nest in Canberra.
As a billy lid in the Wagga area I remember goldfinches breeding well into January.
John K. Layton
Holt.
