When I went out to feed the birds this cold morning, I passed by the niger seed feeder and came within a foot of a goldfinch perched at a feeding station. To my surprise, it did not fly away, and on closer inspection, I saw that both eyes were almost completely closed, and they were both crusted over. It finally flew away, but quite blindly. I have not seen this since the house finch eye disease of a few years ago. Has anyone else encountered this problem with goldfinches? The feeder it was on had been thoroughly cleaned this past weekend, and obviously I'm going to have to clean it again.
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