All of a sudden we have started to see American goldfinches here on the Key
Peninsula. Have they started to bunch and drift south or have we just been
missing them before? Also Friday afternoon we had a major hit of warblers
(three species) and warbling vireo at the same time at our bird bath. Are
they beginning to form into mixed flocks this early? The males were still in
fine breeding plumage - no confusing fall look to them!

G. H. Stout
Gig Harbor, WA


-