>Gene Hunn wrote
>
>"It was a joke, an old "Rich Stallcup story" from California, that he
>claimed they always came in flocks of 17."
>
>I have heard from participants that Victor Emmanual says that the average
>Bushtit flock is 13. I could never get the little guys to stay still long
>enough to count them. Shall we start a numerology study?
>I have never had Bushtits come to the suet. I have also noticed that they
>will often hang out with the Golden-crowned Kinglets. Or vice versa.
>
>Jim Rosso

Actually, I liked Ellen's "32" better. I feel that many of the flocks I
see contain around 30 individuals.

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