Hi Tweets,

I usually don't have Gold Finches till summer and then they are bringing the
fledglings along. The moms are cracking the sunflower seeds here as fast as
they can and then feeding the begging young huge crops full.



Dawn Bailey
Eatonville, WA
http://vulturecafe.blogspot.com
dawnsdog at rainierconnect.com


"The worlds not changed.....there's just less in it"
Terry Rossio and Ted Elliott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Yorgason-Quinn" <Avosetta at hotmail.com>
To: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] rare visitor at feeder


> There's another question about the local wintering Goldfinches -- and that
> is their IQ. When Dennis mentions that they are only sometimes successful
> in cracking the sunflowers, I must say how amazed I have been looking at
> the photos of Goldfinches using all manner of globe and tube type feeders
> in the feeder catalogs. They have never mastered these feeders for me in
> this state, leading me to think those in the Eastern US where these
> catalogs are produced might be smarter.
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> Diane Yorgason-Quinn
> Wauna, WA
> Avosetta at hotmail.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dennis Paulson
> To: TWEETERS
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:30 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] rare visitor at feeder
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> Hello, tweets.
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> I've just been watching an American Goldfinch trying (sometimes
> successfully) to crack sunflower seeds in the feeder outside my window.
> I've always been surprised that this species is so rare in my
> neighborhood. The last one I saw was October 2006, the last one before
> that April 1999, and a few others prior to that. The neighborhood isn't
> any more wooded than when we came here, although our yard is, and I have
> the feeling that goldfinches like more open country than this.
> Nevertheless, I've seen them at woodland edges all over the place,
> especially in summer. So depending on your perspective, common can be
> rare. Or if you lived in Barrow, Alaska, and watched the massive Ross's
> Gull migration past there in the fall, rare can be common!
>
> -----
> Dennis Paulson
> 1724 NE 98 St.
> Seattle, WA 98115
> 206-528-1382
> dennispaulson at comcast.net
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