Feeding upside down...it's a cinch if you're a finch

 

Photos by BarrytheBirder

The American Goldfinchs at the backyard feeders continue to hang upside down from the perches, to get at the Black Niger seeds.   It seems to be the females of the species that feed this way, rather than the males.   It seems the males intimidate the females at the perches where both sexes could feed in an upright position.   This makes the females drop down to bottom perches were they hang upside down to feed.

It's as if the males would never condescend to be seen in such an undignified position (prima donnas)!

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