[Birdtalk] thistle seed socks

[Steve Coleman]

I got three new socks at the Wild Bird Center in Layton last fall, they have been up all winter and I have had more Goldfinches this year than ever before and they are still coming. Interestingly the Juncos fed on them all winter too, while I have always had a lot of Juncos they have always fed on the ground this was the fist time I had them go to feeders. The mesh on these socks is actually bigger than the ones that I replaced that I bought two years ago.
 
Steve

>>> <Roostertael at aol.com> 3/26/2007 8:50 AM >>>

Hi,
 
If anyone else is wondering why you don't have many goldfinches, and you are using the newer long socks with the American Goldfinch or the flower printed on them, the birds have trouble getting the seeds out. I dug out a couple of old long socks that have a little larger mesh and material that will stretch and got the finches back. In fact I still have a dozen lesser and about thirty American Goldfinches. Lots for this late in the year. The American Goldfinches like sunflower chips, and that is what kept them here until I put the old socks out. Maybe advice for next year. 
 
Jack Binch
 



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