The Goldfinches are becoming more active, and I caught this one surveying the patch trying to decide which flower would be next that he was going to systematically remove each petal from its receptacle . . .

American Goldfinch in the morning sun . . .

An American Goldfinch (male) perches on the stem of a flower that already has all of its petals plucked off. Guess this goldfinch just wants to make sure that nothing was missed!

Couldn't figure out how so many of the beautiful flowers had a full bloom of petals one day, and then the next day all of the petals would be gone with just the stem and the core of the flower left. Then one day an American Goldfinch . . .