[birdky] Re: finches

Fellow birders:

Gold Finches and many other species are conspicuous for their absence here
on the Morgan/Magoffin county line in eastern Kentucky.  Magoffin county
has become infamous for our loss of county water supply since our primary
source, the Licking River, is dry in many locations.

We had severe damage from locusts earlier this year too.  However, there
seems to be an abundance of weed seeds and fruit available.

We have lived here for 8 years and about 10 days ago, our 350' well went
dry.  While there are some old mine ponds not far from us, there is no
water in the creeks or drains nor standing water anywhere near our home
and feeders.

WB nuthatches, titmice, chickadees, pileated, downies and doves round out
the lean birding list here at this time.

Doug Hennig
1160'



> One thing I have found over the years is occasionally a batch  of
> thistle  seed will get old and the goldfinches stop coming. Whenever I
> notice a decrease  in finches, I just load the thistle feeder with a
> new batch of seed and dump  the old thistle in with my oil sunflower
> seed. The finches always  miraculously reappear, and as a added bonus,
> the  sparrows seem to enjoy the old thistle  that falls to the ground
> from my  hanging sunflower seed feeder.
>
> Frank Renfrow
> Fort Thomas, KY
>
>
>
>
> Subject: Finches
> From: "Millie"  <kymillie AT insightbb.com>
> Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:32:29 -0500
> Where are the finches? Our feeder has been full of Thistle seed for
> about two
>
> weeks and no sign of either goldfinches or house finches.



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