Goldfinches

I have a pair of goldfinches. The have been in my garden for nearly two weeks now and I think and hope that they are looking for a nest site. With most birds the male is the brightly coloured, flashy chappie, while the female tends to be rather drab with much duller plumage. The opposite, you might say, of us humans. But with goldfinches both sexes are bright and colourful. I've got three black-bird nests. three house-sparrow nests, not sure how many hedge-sparrow nests (dunnocks) and at least two robin nests. I can't always locate them. I don't want to disturb them by looking too hard. But I soon see the chicks out on the grass being fed by the parents. All rogue/ferral cats I have soon discouraged by pelting them with stones and hissing at them. So no longer any problem there. First swallow arrived in from Africa on 20th April. Swooping and diving around my sheds but unimpressed by all my hard work to entice them in with specially designed entrance holes and shelves and platforms inside ready for nests. House-martins should be in from South Africa in maybe two weeks time. They are probably
negotiating the crossing to Gibralter now. Looks like this year there will be plenty of mud for their nests.
Sorry to all Blogfans who find this kinda stuff immeasurably tedious. For me it's daily delight and entertainment!!!