Joseph Maffei
The bird is most likely an American Goldfinch. Sadly they are cagey and frightened easily so pictures are hard to get. They are a small migratory bird that comes up for spring and summer. The bird feeder at our house is a popular one due to my Mom’s Boyfriend being a fan of the birds and filling them constantly. The finches don’t stay year-round where we are(North East Pennsylvania). There are other birds namely a family of cardinals that hang around for the year and use the feeder constantly.
They’re not the only ones who use the feeder. Most notably the one we call “Fat Freddy”. He is a squirrel and thanks to the aforementioned bird feeder a chunky squirrel relatively speaking.
It is a constant battle with the squirrels over the bird feeder. At this point, it has been easier to just kinda deal with it; even if they do make a giant mess of the place and waste tons of seeds and therefore money. We tried the greased pole trick and the nets but given a few days and the promise of easy food everything failed short of just killing them which of course isn’t an option.
In the end however, the issue of the squirrels are outweighed by the beauty of the many birds the feeders bring.
English 802 Spring 2020 
It’s pretty cool that your family loves nature. I think it’s nice that you actually try to help them always have a food source, even with the squirrels causing a mess. The picture with the yellow bird was different from the plants, and really caught my eyes.
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Yes! Those squirrels somehow manage to get on those bird feeders no matter what. I also have a feeder in my backyard and it’s interesting to see all the factions of birds swoop in and take the food. It seems like some birds are afraid of others, and some are very obnoxious and always fighting.
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I like how you went in a different direction of nature instead of a plant. I also live in Northeast Philadelphia, just thought it was interesting you said that. I think it’s nice you and your family take care of these birds by giving them some food even the squirrels.
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