[CT Birds] Redpoll weight

[Jim Zipp]

For what it's worth, it takes anywhere from 110-150 lbs of sunflower seed to get 50lbs of sunflower meats.  I'm not sure if the same ratio would work for nyjer but I suspect it would be at least half hulls.

Jim 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Steve Morytko <smorytko at yahoo.com>
To: ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 8:16:20 PM
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Redpoll weight

I don't see where anyone accounted for the nyjer husk. Who is going to figure out how much the average husk weighs compared to the actual seed? Dave might have access to some sub-atomic scales ... :)

Steve
 
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Ashford, CT 06278 USA
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