Jason, I'm west of you in Ocean Shores. I've not seen any Siskins either,
but the Golden-Crowned Sparrow population seems about normal, at least in
my backyard. I only see a few during the day, but at dusk I have about 20
under my feeders almost every day, with a few White-Crowned mixed in. Not a
huge flock by any means, but pretty much the same as the last two years.

Marlene Penry
Ocean Shores, WA
mapste at coastaccess.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Paulios <jpaulios at hotmail.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 10:17 AM
Subject: RE: Siskin question


>
> Tweeters, I was just going to send a message asking this same question. I
> can't even find ONE lately, let alone a concentration! I'm still hearing
> Goldfinches flying by, but no Siskin chatter. The Olympia CBC always has
> huge numbers of Siskins, so I guess they have less than two weeks to
arrive.
> I suppose this means we aren't going to get a repeat on the Redpoll
> irruption? I've also noticed that there seems to be a lack of
> Golden-Crowned Sparrows as well (at least locally).
>
>
> Jason Paulios
> JPaulios at hotmail.com
> Olympia, WA
>
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