Fascinating week at the backyard feeders:

6 pairs, American Goldfinch (all fighting over places on the hanging
upside-down thistle feeder)
2 pairs, Black-headed Grosbeak
1 pair, Evening Grosbeak
White Crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Dark-eyed Junco
House Finches feeding young
1 pair Red-winged Blackbird
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Song Sparrow
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker

On the back balcony

1 nesting pair, Violet-Green Swallows
2 pairs Rufous Humingbirds at the feeder

Across the street in the top of a large fir - regular visits by the Marymoor
Bald Eagles

Grant Hendrickson
Redmond, WA