Hello All, The feeder activity yesterday in Wakeman was rather unusual. All day we had lots of gold finches, house fiches, red polls, junco, white throats, cardinals, RB & WB nuthatches, downy & hairy woodpeckers and titmice. It was bitter cold but the sun was out and water was still running in the fountain. By afternoon it had become overcast and not a gold finch could be found anywhere in the yard. The rest of the birds remained. After enjoying gold finches in great volumes all fall and winter, I was startled that every single one had left. I was wondering if this was a change in weather that caused the abrupt flight and if so, why didn't the other birds leave? I'd welcome any insight offline. BTW, they're back this morning. Happy Birding Dorothy & Doug ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]