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| Upside Down Thistle Feeder Fun |
A return to cooler temperatures the first two months of 2021 kept bird feeders full, but the cloudy and wet weather in February had feeding behavior going full tilt. A polar vortex affected much of the US with frigid temps, while the Lowcountry stayed in the normal temp range. I believe this climactic set up made 2021 the best ever year for goldfinches visiting my feeders that I have ever seen. Just to clarify the number of goldfinches I am reporting, in past years I have set up one finch feeder and had a few birds on it for a short time. For 2021 I had to run four finch feeders, each mobbed by a cloud of goldfinches and pine siskins, requiring me to refill the feeders daily. The nirdseed bill for thistle went up in 2021, but the joy from seeing so much gold plumage makes one richer for the experience.
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| A six-seater feeder was not near enough in 2021 |
