I have continued feeding because of my chickadees. The other common
feeder attendees are house finches, relatively few house sparrows in
the summer, a few other sparrows, starlings (although less so since
they can't get to the suet anymore).

Our nesting robins moved up the street this year.

I have not noticed cowbirds at my feeders or in the yard, but
Dennis' woeful tale of juncos will get me being more observant
just to make sure.

Generally speaking, my favorite birding spots have definitely seen
an increase in cowbirds in the last few years.

Douglas F. Daily
ddaily at u.washington.edu
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Box 352215
Seattle WA 98195