Our feeder was also flooded with House Finches this morning with at least
30-40 individuals hording on the sunflower seeds. I guess the winter
conditions further north are now forcing many lingering finches down to
us.

Frode Jacobsen
Ten Hills, Baltimore



> A flock of at least 30 House Finches has shown up at our feeder this
> morning.  While once they were resident, for the last 10 years or more,
> House Finch has become a very uncommon occurrence  in our yard.
>
> So far, we have not seen any purple finches in this group.  Two weeks
> ago, we had a couple female Purple Finches in a flock of many
> A.Goldfinches, but they have not been seen lately and the goldfinches
> are just a small handful.  We do have 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches showing
> up every now & then.
>
> As reported by others, the finches are much more interested in the
> sunflower seed than in the Nyger thistle.
>
> Georgia McDonald    Towson, Balt Co.
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