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Re: Goldfinch food preference



I have noticed more Goldfinches at the sunflower feeders, but they also are
all over the sock feeder full of thistle.  The regular, (glass, small
holes), thistle feeder, I have bought a mixture of thistle, chipped
sunflower seeds from Wild Birds Unlimited, made just for the finch feeders,
and they stay on it some. Not as much as on the sunflower feeders and
thistle sock though.
Cathy Green
N. Augusta,  SC
catag57@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. S. J. Froning" <sjfroning@yahoo.com>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 8:50 AM
Subject: Goldfinch food preference


> Gary Phillips and I have a running *contest* over who
> has the most GF's and spends the most on thistle. :-)
> He commented he only had a few GF's thus far and they
> were primarily eating sunflower seeds.
> I have noticed the same thing. Although I only have
> about 20 (thankfully nowhere near my pre-molt numbers
> of 200-300), they are consuming far more black oily
> sunflower seeds than thistle.
> Is this an adaptation to the unusual cold we are
> experiencing in that they are getting "more bang for
> the buck" in one big seed vs. hundreds of small seeds?
> Any transplants from cooler climes who noticed that
> GF's ate more sunflower seeds in the coldest months?
> Inquiring minds....
>
> Jill Froning
> N. Chatham Co./south of Chapel Hill
>
> only 2 PuFi's, 2 Pine Warblers
> no Yellow Rumps or Fox Sparrows
>
>
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