Hart County: goldfinches are plentiful, along with average numbers of the others. Purple finches are variable from year to year; we have a few, but no bonus crop. Steve Kistler ----- Original Message ----- From: DAWester2@xxxxxxx To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 6:36 PM Subject: [birdky] Gold finches I seem to have only about 5% of the gold finches I normally have at my feeders.lso Juncos, white throated sparrow, purple finch, brown creeper, and yellow belly sap sucker numbers are down or missing altogether. Has anyone else noted this trend this winter? Doris Westerman Retired Biology UK 1310 Figg Lane Wilmore, KY 40390 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.