I don't know much in the topic, but the gist of what I have heard is that goldfinches have a very late breeding season, in late August through September. I observed a downy goldfinch, unable to fly yet, on a fence around September 20th this year. Gautam Apte On Oct 18, 2015, at 9:48 PM, Barbara Zaas Partington <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I may not have paid attention in the past, but this year, i have watched, for the past week, multiple young goldfinches being fed by adult birds. It seems very late for them to not yet be on their own. > Or maybe they are just lazy and taking advantage of helicopter parenting? > > Barb Partington > Geauga County > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]