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and we have not seen them since. Now we have one goldfinch. House finches have also disappeared from our feeder. Do other readers have news on these two species?
In my column about commercial mixes of wild bird seed that seem to collect uneaten on the feeder, Mr. Severin wrote a splendid clarifying letter and enclosed samples of the seed: "Milo and millet are not the same. Millet is the small, nearly white round grain. Milo is the large, more brown colored grain. The growth habit of the two is similar, the two heads upright with the grain in loose panicles." The use of the word, panicles, shows that Keith Severin knows his botanical terms. The letter continues: "Both are drought resistant, milo especially so. Milo is also called grain sorghum, or in California it is called 'Byp Com, really meaning Egyptian Com since it is so drought resistant. Often varieties of milo have a bitter seed coat, bread that way to discourage the birds trying to feed on it.” There may be a clue as to why the birds who visit our Flint Hill feeder seem to ignore these seeds. "Milo is
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