[TN-Bird] Re: Finches
- From: Carole Gobert <cpgobert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jmellon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <magicboy15@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:45:13 -0500
I am having a similar experience with my thistle feeder. For a long time no
one was coming to it. Then I decided that perhaps the niger seed had gone
stale (it was from a bag bought last winter), so I threw it out and replaced it
with fresh, newly purchased niger. Still no takers until a cold snap when the
feeder was half-emptied by goldfinches. I refilled it a couple weeks ago and
it is still full. The goldfinches have started coming but they seem to prefer
black oil sunflower seeds or the feeder containing a mixture of seeds, fruit
and nuts. They are not totally ignoring the niger but are much more likely to
visit the other feeders.
Carole Gobert, Knox County
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:22:54 -0500
From: jmellon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: magicboy15@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Bird] Re: Finches
I have the same problem this year.
John Mellon
Chuckey, TN Greene County
G R LAUGHLIN wrote:
For some reason or other I do not
have Goldfinches coming to a thistle feeder. Nothing in my yard has
changed. The feeder is clean, the seed is good. No cats, no hawks since
last summer. What could be a reason?
Nita Laughlin
Springfield, TN
2/9/2012
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