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Birders

In_The_Wind

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14. The Finch can be a silly little bird. They seem to love thistle socks better than feeders.

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #13)

Fri Feb 10, 2017, 06:31 PM

Feb 2017

I hang socks in a dry spot well away from the outside edge of my porch.

With all this snow none of the birds are acting fussy. Finches join the others eating whatever seed offered.

Enjoy your summer dreams until the snow melts.

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Red-winged Blackbirds and Cowbirds have returned to New Paltz, NY. [View all] In_The_Wind Feb 2017 OP

Why did they leave? CrispyQ Feb 2017 #1

Not yet here Lindsay Feb 2017 #2

NY considers them undesirable HoneyBadger Feb 2017 #3

I don't discriminate against or kill wild birds. I just put out extra food for all the birds. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #6

Yay! shenmue Feb 2017 #4

They show up here a little earlier each year around here. 2naSalit Feb 2017 #5

Cowbirds kill thousands of songbirds by tossing their young... Nitram Feb 2017 #7

So do Blue Jays. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #8

Blue Jays don't lay their eggs in another birds nest to be fed at the expense of the bird's own Nitram Feb 2017 #9

An oft-cited study in the early 1900s found traces of eggs and young in only six of 530 blue jay Nitram Feb 2017 #10

They are my favorite sign of spring! femmocrat Feb 2017 #11

Pick up an inexpensive pair of binoculars. You'll wonder why you waited so long. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #12

I actually have a good pair. femmocrat Feb 2017 #13

The Finch can be a silly little bird. They seem to love thistle socks better than feeders. In_The_Wind Feb 2017 #14