John Nelson Good Thunder MN South of Mankato MN
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As much as I regret it, I am asking the Red Polls or at least most of
them to move on. During the 4 day GBBC I reported 568 Common Red
Polls, one of the highest counts in the survey thus far, and that
included a 30 minute count on Saturday, 7-7:30 AM, of 88. Given the
entire day the count that day would easily have been double. I can't
justify the expense any longer (50# Nyjer in 10 days) and will begin
tapering off by removing some feeders. I don't want to quit cold
turkey as I am hopeful my normal numbers of Goldfinches will return. I
have seen only a handful of Goldfinches in the past 3 weeks during
which the Red Poll counts have ranged from 150-300. I'm going to miss
them especially since I know I might not see them again for several
years or more. Hopefully they will all move north to the Gustavus
Adolphus College campus.
