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Finch Winter Warns of Pelting Pockets and Pine Siskins
Local reader describes a potential finch winter with purple finches and grosbeaks in yards. Notes large flocks observed by Mrs. L Z Hicks in New Ellenton on Dec 30 and John Hatcher in Aiken with pine siskins. Advises birders to inspect small sparrows at feeders for pine siskins and describes the cost and effort of feeding many finches.
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L.Z. Hicks
New Ellenton
John Hatcher
Aiken
Hatcher