Unchained

I found the painting online, zoomed in, and saw the poor bird was chained to the seed box. Then I kept looking up stuff about that era, and every single painting (by other artists), show the bird chained. The goldfinch apparently was very popular, and people taught them to fill up a tiny little bucket with water. We haven't progressed much, because so many put their birds in cages. IMHO. Glad Nodes removed the chain!

We get lots of these in our garden in Scotland!

Only about 15! Wow! That is so many less than I would've thought! Are there lots of introduced species that have taken over? in Australia the introduced species definitely tend to try and take over.

There are a lot of great birdie friends in Hawai’i. Some of my favorite friends are the I’iwi, apapane, red crested cardinal, saffron finch, leiothrix, and the zeebie and spotted doves. And of course my favorite, the Nene 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🪿 I once saw a Hawaiian Owl on Kaua’i too