Red I was once told that you could not hand feed a finch but I eventually got my finch to eat off my hand is it rare for them to do that or was someone telling me porkies and I love to have birds think it is a man thing would love to fly!
It's not uncommon. I used to put goldfinch eggs under canaries and when they fledged they would feed from your hand.
Cock bullfinches, even those caught from the wild become so tame that if you can't get rid of them.
I have caught a selection during the winter (it's easier then) then when I've decided which ones to keep, the ones I released kept flying back into the aviary every time I opened the door.
well that ruins my king of bird keeping title that does thought i was special there! Darn have to come up with another spectacular feat to work on!
I have a question do stories and songs get past down from generation to generation by the gypsies? How do they keep track of the old tales?