Subject: Late winter birds in Burien
Date: May 13 11:09:34 1999
From: StahlfeldE at aol.com - StahlfeldE at aol.com


Tweeters:

Still have siskins at my feeder in Burien. Hadn't seen any juncos or varied
thrushes since May 1, until last night a single junco showed up.

Interesting that the interaction of siskins and house finches has changed.
In winter, the siskins were dominant and would chase finches off. Now the
finches will chase the siskins. Wonder why? Maybe siskins present now are
migrants? Finches more aggressive while breeding?

Eric Stahlfeld