They travel in waves in the spring. It's not really like the flocks of geese or other birds you see in a bunch. They don't stick all together but they do travel in the same direction at the same time.
Today I found a feeder in the garage and put it out for the first time this year. Within 15 mins there was a line of finches waiting for a choice seat.
One year we had over two hundred goldfinches stop at our yard each day for about 14 days. There were three of these feeders out, plus a net bag. All the feeding spots were full with a bunch more birds waiting on the sidelines from dawn till dusk. I've never seen anything like that. It was intense.
For those two weeks, we went through 10 pounds of niger seed every 5 days. That's not an easy feat. Niger seed is smaller than a chocolate sprinkle on a cupcake or...
to mix metaphors...smaller than a mouse dropping. That's a lot of seed!
Good thing it only lasted two weeks or our yearly seed budget would have been blown in a month. :)
Can't wait for the hummingbirds and orioles!
