What natural food sources will attract goldfinches?
Niger seed is one of the preferred foods of goldfinches. You can also plant native thistles. Finches love the seeds and use the thistle down to line their nests. Other natural food sources they like include dandelions, coneflowers, Joe pye weed, sunflowers, and coreopsis. You can also try cosmos, black–eyed Susan, and tickseed. Keep in mind that it’s the seed they’re after, so let the flowers go to seed. Leave the flower heads intact throughout the fall and winter to give these and other seed eating birds a natural source of seeds all winter long.
