I too have noticed a great decline in House Finch populations at the feeders for the past couple of years. Junco population has remained about the same. I still see large flocks of Juncoes asI drive the back country roads. JOyce L. Porter Falls of Rough, Ky. >From: Marileetom@xxxxxxx >Reply-To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [birdky] Re: BC Chickadee/Juncoes >Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:11:43 EST > > >I counted 30 Junco in my yard yesterday--unusual to have that many here. > >Usually see one or two Purple's in a winter but none so far this winter. >Numbers of House Finch declining drastically--down to 4 and some days don't >see any! > >Marilee Thompson >E. Daviess Co. >================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== > >The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign >your messages with first & last name, city, & >state abbreviation. >-------------------------------------------------- >To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: >birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >-------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: >birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society >web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY >E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx