[CT Birds] Goldfinches feeding in groups
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Annette Pasek
Jan 5, 2022, 11:05:57 AM1/5/22
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I have seen two larger groups of goldfinches feeding in fields this week. Personably notable, I don’t recall seeing groups this size congregating together. A group of 20-30 by the side of the road at Shettle Meadows Resevoir in Southington and a dozen to two dozen at Mill woods field near the pond <— I am glad to see that Wetherfield is keeping these unmowed / maintained spaces. I had 20 species of birds there, concentrated in tree area and small field space.
Annette
Glastonbury
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> From: Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Dearth of goldfinches
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> I usually have a big flock of goldfinches all winter, but Sept or early Oct was the last time I saw them here. Also the house finch population here is tiny this year. (And nobody likes my nyjer for some reason, even though I keep it fresh and the feeder clean.) I do, however, have an ever-growing flock of house sparrows. I wonder if they chase away the finches...?
> Sarah Middeleer
> Newtown
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> Subject: [CT Birds] Western Tanager, Chat pics 1-4-22
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> Hammo , Tanager by yellow gate at entrance to Willards and in ceders at the end of causeway before it splits. Chat in brush line east of out house.
> Ed Haesche , Guilford https://photos.app.goo.gl/H8sDWTTiDjTo1ZjX7
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> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 18:52:25 -0500
> From: Mary <purepr...@comcast.net>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Allen's Sparrows; Goldfinches?
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> Every other day or so I get one lone Goldfinch, but I have about 30 or so House Finch… always looking for that one Purple Finch, but I haven’t been so lucky.
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> Mary
> Ridgefield, CT
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>> On Jan 4, 2022, at 6:40 PM, Karen Schnitzer via CTBirds <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
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>> No goldfinches here, and usually a dozen or two. Plenty of house finches though.
>> Karen SchnnitzerCheshire, CT
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>> To: Paul Plotnick <pdp...@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Joe Bear <joebea...@gmail.com>; ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org
>> Sent: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 6:37 pm
>> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Allen's Sparrows; Goldfinches?
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>> I have also noticed a dearth of goldfinches at the feeders, only a few house finches and one lone female purple finch. Quite a switch from last year, at least so far.
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>> Chris Wood
>> Woodbury, CT
>> 203 558-0654
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>>> On Jan 4, 2022, at 6:30 PM, Paul Plotnick <pdp...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Not one goldfinch either and only one pair of House Finches. We usually
>>> have a full house.
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>>>>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 6:20 PM Joe Bear <joebea...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> 1/4 Allen's Meadow, Wilton. Pair of White-crowned Sparrows continues, as
>>>> do 3 Fox Sparrows. A nice surprise was a Savannah Sparrow- very rare at
>>>> Allen's in Jan.
>>>>
>>>> Observation: our home feeders are usually active with Goldfinches this time
>>>> of year but this late Fall/early Winter nary a 1; and there's plenty of
>>>> fresh seed so that's not the issue. They do move around in nomadic flocks
>>>> but it's very atypical to not have any pass through (let alone stay) this
>>>> time of year- anyone else seeing low volume of Goldfinches too? Maybe this
>>>> upcoming snow will bring some in, like Rosy-finches in CO.
>>>>
>>>> Joe Bear
>>>> Wilton
>>>> Go GATORS!
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> From: Jack Swatt <jswat...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Allen's Sparrows; Goldfinches?
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> I can second what Angela reported. On the Bristol CBC this past weekend,
> we had a new high count of goldfinches, but in my survey area, I found them
> in flocks out in the birch trees and never saw one at a feeder. When there
> is plenty of food for them in the woods, they don't have to come to the
> feeders.
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> Jack Swatt
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> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 7:37 PM Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <
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>> No goldfinches at my feeders in six weeks or more, but doing the CBC in
>> New Milford on Saturday, Jim Dugan and I counted plenty (42 versus 11 last
>> year) flying around, feeding in the treetops - birches mostly). Others had
>> decent counts too though I don't have all results yet.
>> Angela Dimmitt
>> New Milford
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>> From: C. S. Wood <cwoo...@gmail.com>
>> To: Paul Plotnick <pdp...@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Joe Bear <joebea...@gmail.com>; ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org
>> Sent: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 6:37 pm
>> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Allen's Sparrows; Goldfinches?
>>
>> I have also noticed a dearth of goldfinches at the feeders, only a few
>> house finches and one lone female purple finch. Quite a switch from last
>> year, at least so far.
>>
>> Chris Wood
>> Woodbury, CT
>> 203 558-0654
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>>> On Jan 4, 2022, at 6:30 PM, Paul Plotnick <pdp...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Not one goldfinch either and only one pair of House Finches. We usually
>>> have a full house.
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 6:20 PM Joe Bear <joebea...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 1/4 Allen's Meadow, Wilton. Pair of White-crowned Sparrows continues,
>> as
>>>> do 3 Fox Sparrows. A nice surprise was a Savannah Sparrow- very rare at
>>>> Allen's in Jan.
>>>>
>>>> Observation: our home feeders are usually active with Goldfinches this
>> time
>>>> of year but this late Fall/early Winter nary a 1; and there's plenty of
>>>> fresh seed so that's not the issue. They do move around in nomadic
>> flocks
>>>> but it's very atypical to not have any pass through (let alone stay)
>> this
>>>> time of year- anyone else seeing low volume of Goldfinches too? Maybe
>> this
>>>> upcoming snow will bring some in, like Rosy-finches in CO.
>>>>
>>>> Joe Bear
>>>> Wilton
>>>> Go GATORS!
>>>>
>>>> *"**When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to
>> the
>>>> rest of the world**."*
>>>> *-John Muir*
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> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 21:23:17 -0500 (EST)
> From: SARAH FAULKNER <sffau...@comcast.net>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
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> I, too am missing my goldfinches, who usually vastly outnumber the house finches. This year I've only seen on goldfinch and that was on a flower, not the feeder, but I do have 6 regular house finches...
>
>> On 01/04/2022 8:05 PM Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I usually have a big flock of goldfinches all winter, but Sept or early Oct was the last time I saw them here. Also the house finch population here is tiny this year. (And nobody likes my nyjer for some reason, even though I keep it fresh and the feeder clean.) I do, however, have an ever-growing flock of house sparrows. I wonder if they chase away the finches...?
>> Sarah Middeleer
>> Newtown
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> From: Skaught <ska...@aol.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
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> I have house finches galore. Goldfinches are just beginning to show up.
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> Sent: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 9:23 pm
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
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> I, too am missing my goldfinches, who usually vastly outnumber the house finches. This year I've only seen on goldfinch and that was on a flower, not the feeder, but I do have 6 regular house finches...
>
>> On 01/04/2022 8:05 PM Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I usually have a big flock of goldfinches all winter, but Sept or early Oct was the last time I saw them here. Also the house finch population here is tiny this year. (And nobody likes my nyjer for some reason, even though I keep it fresh and the feeder clean.) I do, however, have an ever-growing flock of house sparrows. I wonder if they chase away the finches...?
>> Sarah Middeleer
>> Newtown
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> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 04:06:17 +0000
> From: Patrick and Christine Tamborra <petc...@msn.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
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> I have often had a dozen or so in winter. There were lots in early fall. Then almost none. I saw two fly over in mid December. None since.
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> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
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> I have house finches galore. Goldfinches are just beginning to show up.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: SARAH FAULKNER <sffau...@comcast.net>
> To: Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com>; ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org
> Sent: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 9:23 pm
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
>
> I, too am missing my goldfinches, who usually vastly outnumber the house finches. This year I've only seen on goldfinch and that was on a flower, not the feeder, but I do have 6 regular house finches...
>
>> On 01/04/2022 8:05 PM Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I usually have a big flock of goldfinches all winter, but Sept or early Oct was the last time I saw them here. Also the house finch population here is tiny this year. (And nobody likes my nyjer for some reason, even though I keep it fresh and the feeder clean.) I do, however, have an ever-growing flock of house sparrows. I wonder if they chase away the finches...?
>> Sarah Middeleer
>> Newtown
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> 2. Western Tanager, Chat pics 1-4-22 (ed3...@aol.com)
> 3. Re: Allen's Sparrows; Goldfinches? (Mary)
> 4. Re: Allen's Sparrows; Goldfinches? (Jack Swatt)
> 5. Re: Dearth of goldfinches (SARAH FAULKNER)
> 6. Re: Dearth of goldfinches (Skaught)
> 7. Re: Dearth of goldfinches (Patrick and Christine Tamborra)
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> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 20:05:20 -0500
> From: Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Dearth of goldfinches
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> I usually have a big flock of goldfinches all winter, but Sept or early Oct was the last time I saw them here. Also the house finch population here is tiny this year. (And nobody likes my nyjer for some reason, even though I keep it fresh and the feeder clean.) I do, however, have an ever-growing flock of house sparrows. I wonder if they chase away the finches...?
> Sarah Middeleer
> Newtown
>>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 01:56:29 +0000 (UTC)
> From: <ed3...@aol.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Western Tanager, Chat pics 1-4-22
> To: ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org
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> Hammo , Tanager by yellow gate at entrance to Willards and in ceders at the end of causeway before it splits. Chat in brush line east of out house.
> Ed Haesche , Guilford https://photos.app.goo.gl/H8sDWTTiDjTo1ZjX7
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 18:52:25 -0500
> From: Mary <purepr...@comcast.net>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Allen's Sparrows; Goldfinches?
> To: Karen Schnitzer <kschn...@aol.com>
> Cc: pdp...@gmail.com, joebea...@gmail.com,
> ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org
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> Every other day or so I get one lone Goldfinch, but I have about 30 or so House Finch… always looking for that one Purple Finch, but I haven’t been so lucky.
>
> Mary
> Ridgefield, CT
>
>> On Jan 4, 2022, at 6:40 PM, Karen Schnitzer via CTBirds <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
>>
>> No goldfinches here, and usually a dozen or two. Plenty of house finches though.
>> Karen SchnnitzerCheshire, CT
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C. S. Wood <cwoo...@gmail.com>
>> To: Paul Plotnick <pdp...@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Joe Bear <joebea...@gmail.com>; ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org
>> Sent: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 6:37 pm
>> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Allen's Sparrows; Goldfinches?
>>
>> I have also noticed a dearth of goldfinches at the feeders, only a few house finches and one lone female purple finch. Quite a switch from last year, at least so far.
>>
>> Chris Wood
>> Woodbury, CT
>> 203 558-0654
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 4, 2022, at 6:30 PM, Paul Plotnick <pdp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Not one goldfinch either and only one pair of House Finches. We usually
>>> have a full house.
>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 6:20 PM Joe Bear <joebea...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 1/4 Allen's Meadow, Wilton. Pair of White-crowned Sparrows continues, as
>>>> do 3 Fox Sparrows. A nice surprise was a Savannah Sparrow- very rare at
>>>> Allen's in Jan.
>>>>
>>>> Observation: our home feeders are usually active with Goldfinches this time
>>>> of year but this late Fall/early Winter nary a 1; and there's plenty of
>>>> fresh seed so that's not the issue. They do move around in nomadic flocks
>>>> but it's very atypical to not have any pass through (let alone stay) this
>>>> time of year- anyone else seeing low volume of Goldfinches too? Maybe this
>>>> upcoming snow will bring some in, like Rosy-finches in CO.
>>>>
>>>> Joe Bear
>>>> Wilton
>>>> Go GATORS!
>>>>
>>>> *"**When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the
>>>> rest of the world**."*
>>>> *-John Muir*
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 20:59:17 -0500
> From: Jack Swatt <jswat...@gmail.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Allen's Sparrows; Goldfinches?
> To: Angela Dimmitt <angela...@aol.com>
> Cc: "pdp...@gmail.com" <pdp...@gmail.com>, "joebea...@gmail.com"
> <joebea...@gmail.com>, "ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org"
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> I can second what Angela reported. On the Bristol CBC this past weekend,
> we had a new high count of goldfinches, but in my survey area, I found them
> in flocks out in the birch trees and never saw one at a feeder. When there
> is plenty of food for them in the woods, they don't have to come to the
> feeders.
>
> Jack Swatt
>
>
> Lempster, NH
>
> Wolcott, CT
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 7:37 PM Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <
> ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
>
>> No goldfinches at my feeders in six weeks or more, but doing the CBC in
>> New Milford on Saturday, Jim Dugan and I counted plenty (42 versus 11 last
>> year) flying around, feeding in the treetops - birches mostly). Others had
>> decent counts too though I don't have all results yet.
>> Angela Dimmitt
>> New Milford
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: C. S. Wood <cwoo...@gmail.com>
>> To: Paul Plotnick <pdp...@gmail.com>
>> Cc: Joe Bear <joebea...@gmail.com>; ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org
>> Sent: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 6:37 pm
>> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Allen's Sparrows; Goldfinches?
>>
>> I have also noticed a dearth of goldfinches at the feeders, only a few
>> house finches and one lone female purple finch. Quite a switch from last
>> year, at least so far.
>>
>> Chris Wood
>> Woodbury, CT
>> 203 558-0654
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Jan 4, 2022, at 6:30 PM, Paul Plotnick <pdp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Not one goldfinch either and only one pair of House Finches. We usually
>>> have a full house.
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 6:20 PM Joe Bear <joebea...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 1/4 Allen's Meadow, Wilton. Pair of White-crowned Sparrows continues,
>> as
>>>> do 3 Fox Sparrows. A nice surprise was a Savannah Sparrow- very rare at
>>>> Allen's in Jan.
>>>>
>>>> Observation: our home feeders are usually active with Goldfinches this
>> time
>>>> of year but this late Fall/early Winter nary a 1; and there's plenty of
>>>> fresh seed so that's not the issue. They do move around in nomadic
>> flocks
>>>> but it's very atypical to not have any pass through (let alone stay)
>> this
>>>> time of year- anyone else seeing low volume of Goldfinches too? Maybe
>> this
>>>> upcoming snow will bring some in, like Rosy-finches in CO.
>>>>
>>>> Joe Bear
>>>> Wilton
>>>> Go GATORS!
>>>>
>>>> *"**When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to
>> the
>>>> rest of the world**."*
>>>> *-John Muir*
>>>>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 21:23:17 -0500 (EST)
> From: SARAH FAULKNER <sffau...@comcast.net>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
> To: Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com>,
> ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org
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> I, too am missing my goldfinches, who usually vastly outnumber the house finches. This year I've only seen on goldfinch and that was on a flower, not the feeder, but I do have 6 regular house finches...
>
>> On 01/04/2022 8:05 PM Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I usually have a big flock of goldfinches all winter, but Sept or early Oct was the last time I saw them here. Also the house finch population here is tiny this year. (And nobody likes my nyjer for some reason, even though I keep it fresh and the feeder clean.) I do, however, have an ever-growing flock of house sparrows. I wonder if they chase away the finches...?
>> Sarah Middeleer
>> Newtown
>>>>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 03:46:51 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Skaught <ska...@aol.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
> To: "sffau...@comcast.net" <sffau...@comcast.net>,
> "swmid...@gmail.com" <swmid...@gmail.com>,
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> I have house finches galore. Goldfinches are just beginning to show up.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SARAH FAULKNER <sffau...@comcast.net>
> To: Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com>; ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org
> Sent: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 9:23 pm
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
>
> I, too am missing my goldfinches, who usually vastly outnumber the house finches. This year I've only seen on goldfinch and that was on a flower, not the feeder, but I do have 6 regular house finches...
>
>> On 01/04/2022 8:05 PM Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I usually have a big flock of goldfinches all winter, but Sept or early Oct was the last time I saw them here. Also the house finch population here is tiny this year. (And nobody likes my nyjer for some reason, even though I keep it fresh and the feeder clean.) I do, however, have an ever-growing flock of house sparrows. I wonder if they chase away the finches...?
>> Sarah Middeleer
>> Newtown
>>>>
>>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2022 04:06:17 +0000
> From: Patrick and Christine Tamborra <petc...@msn.com>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
> To: Skaught <ska...@aol.com>, "sffau...@comcast.net"
> <sffau...@comcast.net>, "swmid...@gmail.com"
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> I have often had a dozen or so in winter. There were lots in early fall. Then almost none. I saw two fly over in mid December. None since.
>
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> From: Skaught via CTBirds <ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org>
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> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
>
> I have house finches galore. Goldfinches are just beginning to show up.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SARAH FAULKNER <sffau...@comcast.net>
> To: Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com>; ctb...@lists.ctbirding.org
> Sent: Tue, Jan 4, 2022 9:23 pm
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Dearth of goldfinches
>
> I, too am missing my goldfinches, who usually vastly outnumber the house finches. This year I've only seen on goldfinch and that was on a flower, not the feeder, but I do have 6 regular house finches...
>
>> On 01/04/2022 8:05 PM Sarah Middeleer <swmid...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I usually have a big flock of goldfinches all winter, but Sept or early Oct was the last time I saw them here. Also the house finch population here is tiny this year. (And nobody likes my nyjer for some reason, even though I keep it fresh and the feeder clean.) I do, however, have an ever-growing flock of house sparrows. I wonder if they chase away the finches...?
>> Sarah Middeleer
>> Newtown
>>>>
>>
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