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Index of Subjects Quoting Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca>: > On 9/26/2011 4:20 PM, Marg Millard wrote: >> American Goldfinches seem to go after something in the dried bloom when >> it is cold. I assumed (bad, I know) it was the seeds. I always leave >> some standing. I've had them pull apart the dried heads in my winter >> wreath when I used the blooms. > > Cepaea snails do eat the outer layers of the dried stalks - > http://pinicola.ca/cepaea1.htm > Fred, might they leave eggs in the crutches of the blooms maybe, > that would attract the Goldfinches? * no, they lay the eggs under cover, and earlier in the season. I suspect that Goldfinches, with their tolerance for fuzzy food, may actually eat the seeds, and I'll be looking out for that - or there may be Insects in the seedheads in particular geographic areas which would attract them. fred. -----------------------------------------------------
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