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Birders

Donkees

(32,048 posts) Fri Apr 26, 2024, 08:23 AM Apr 2024

Don Larkin
Renton, Washington

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American Goldfinch Picking Thistledown (Original Post) Donkees Apr 2024 OP

We had tons of them two years in a row. czarjak Apr 2024 #1

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1. We had tons of them two years in a row.

Fri Apr 26, 2024, 08:51 AM

Apr 2024

Haven't been back for years. They would cover the thistle sock. Beautiful small birds.

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2. My neighbors using 'thistle' feeders (nyjer seed) don't have any Goldfinches either

Fri Apr 26, 2024, 09:02 AM

Apr 2024

while dozens of Goldfinches are at my hulled sunflower seed feeders daily. Maybe the quality of nyjer seed has changed (?)