Huge flocks of goldfinches are at present to be seen swarming on to the lawns in Christchurch, pecking at the fresh shoots of spring grass. Goldfinches eat mostly thistle and grass seed in summer and autumn, but in spring these birds turn to eating green growth.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20634, 14 August 1941, Page 6
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