Same at our feeders in Rohrersville (SE Washington County) - we had one
platform feeder with sunflower hearts and black oil crammed full with
Siskins and a few Goldfinches. The "overflow" Siskins were on the thistle
feeders.
Frank Boyle
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Carol Ghebelian <ghebelian...>wrote:
> What has happened to nyger seed?? My Goldfinches have been ignoring it for
> some months--and now even those hungry Siskins. The nyger is not old and I
> make sure not moldy. Even local feed store is hearing same from
> customers??
> (but suits me since so expensive!)
>
> Carol Ghebelian
> Indian Head,. MD
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <mdbirding...> [mailto:<mdbirding...>] On
> Behalf Of Warblerick
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 12:07 PM
> To: <mdbirding...>
> Subject: Re: Fw: [MDBirding] High Maintenance Pine Siskin's
>
> 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?
> >
> > Be careful what you wish for...
>
> Rick Sussman
> Woodbine,MD
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > Jim
> > Wilson
> >
> > Queenstown
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Sean McCandless
> >
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 6:42 AM
> >
> > To: <mdbi......>
> >
> > Subject: [MDBirding] High Maintenance Pine Siskin's
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > It's a good problem to have. I just need to secure a grant to aquire
> > more bird seed for this winter. :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > Sean McCandless
> >
> > Elkton
> > MD
>
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