On Wednesday, October 17, 2012 9:03:29 AM UTC-4, Jim Wilson wrote:
> You took the words right out of my mouth.� 33
> Siskins on a 22 inch platform feeder devouring sunflower hearts and black oil in
> the back yard.� In the front yard, another 28 feasting on the same
> diet.� They are ignoring the nyjer feeder completely.� Where do they
> put all that food?� How come they don�t weigh 25 grams each with all the
> food they pack away?�
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> Be careful what you wish for...
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
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> � Cornell states �Following a large irruptive winter
> flight, some individuals may stay near a dependable food source and breed far
> south of the normal breeding range.�� So keep the food flowing if you can afford
> it.
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> I
> '�rescued� one the other day.� Even though my feeder is only 3 feet from
> the window, one managed to knock itself silly with a window strike.� I went
> outside and picked it up, brought it in and held it for a while keeping it nice
> and warm.� After about 10 minutes it still had not come around so I
> transferred it to a small box with Kleenex.� It took nearly an hour to
> regain its senses until it could fly away.� Glad it made it.
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> Jim
> Wilson
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> Queenstown
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> From: Sean McCandless
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 6:42 AM
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> To: <mdbi......>
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> Subject: [MDBirding] High Maintenance Pine
> Siskin's
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> Hosting
> 35-40 Pine Siskin's is getting very expensive.� I had 2 new nygar seed bags
> out and filled my other feeders with oil sunflower seeds and when I got home
> from work the sunflowers were gone and the nyger seeds were devoured to nearly
> 1/3 left.
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> Other
> cool feeder birds that are adding to my feed bill 5 Blue Jay's, 6-10 Purple
> Finches, 6-10 Goldfinches, 6-12 House Finches, 2 Red breasted Nuthatches, Lots
> of Titmice.
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> It's a good problem to have. I just need to secure
> a grant to aquire more bird seed for this winter. :-)
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> �
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> Sean McCandless
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> Elkton
> MD
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