I live in the desert on the far SE side of Tucson -- actually in Vail -- and I have been feeding the birds for many years now. But we've only been feeding the Lesser Goldfinches, with Nyjer seed feeders, for a couple of years now. A month or so ago they would pack each feeder (we have three) with as many as 25-50 or so at any one time. But recently I haven't seen any at all. The online charts show that they migrate in summer to the north of AZ but it also shows them living year-round in southern AZ. So, what happened to them? The drought? We have plenty of water on our property -- a 24-hour a day flow . . . .
Oops! Just when I finished this post, I see a couple out there now on the feeders -- but nothing like the numbers that we're used to seeing . . . . ?????
Oops! Just when I finished this post, I see a couple out there now on the feeders -- but nothing like the numbers that we're used to seeing . . . . ?????
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