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May 20, 2018

Where Did His Goldfinches Go?

A reader writes:

My wife and I feed birds 12 months a year and have since 1993.

We are visited by goldfinches, sometimes as many as 40 on our four Nyjer feeders, from early fall into late spring. 
Last week they disappeared after the May 10 storm. Not a one has visited since then. Do they migrate North to breed around this time?
 
Any advice would be appreciated.
 
I responded that the goldfinches may have left because of a local outside cat or nesting accipiter (because goldfinches breed here, just later in the season than most birds).
 
What do you think?
 

 

 

2 comments

  • Sally
    8 years ago Reply

    They eat all the buds on petunias and our scaviolas in pots. NJ bird keep moving on

  • Carol Flanagan
    8 years ago Reply

    I had Goldfinches for a few days about 2 months ago and again 3 or so weeks ago. I think they were still migrating north. I anticipate more to come who will stay and nest in this area. The recent crazy weather patterns have messed with their migration, the Goldfinches may have stayed more south during all the storms we had on the east coast and are now heading north. Just my thoughts on this. Ornithologists might have other thoughts!

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2 comments

  • Sally
    8 years ago Reply

    They eat all the buds on petunias and our scaviolas in pots. NJ bird keep moving on

  • Carol Flanagan
    8 years ago Reply

    I had Goldfinches for a few days about 2 months ago and again 3 or so weeks ago. I think they were still migrating north. I anticipate more to come who will stay and nest in this area. The recent crazy weather patterns have messed with their migration, the Goldfinches may have stayed more south during all the storms we had on the east coast and are now heading north. Just my thoughts on this. Ornithologists might have other thoughts!

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