There are House Finches around in general. I just don't get them much at my
feeder. All I have in my back yard are red cedar and a Doug fir. I think
of them more as hanging out in blackberry tangles like at the compost piles
at Marymoor.

I heard from another Sammamish resident today, and she said she has a trio
of Black-headed Grosbeaks in her yard hanging around. In the past I think
she's tended to see them as quick visitors like me (though perhaps more
often), but she says the ones she has this year have staked a claim in her
yard and the male is driving other birds away . . . from the feeder . . .
the birdbath.

I only mentioned the House Finch because it's visit was so proximate to the
BHGR, and they are both unusual at my feeder. Had me wondering if they were
just moving through in a mixed flock.
______________________________________

Ned McGarry
Sammamish, WA

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Kaufman" <beaux at u.washington.edu>
To: "Ned McGarry" <ned.mcgarry at verizon.net>; "Tweeters"
<tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Black-headed Grosbeak and House Finch / Rare feeder
visitors


>
>
> I have had grosbeaks and finches in numbers at the tube-feeder everyday
> for about two weeks. Is that unusual?
> Bill Kaufman
> Woodinville
>
>
>
> on 6/3/06 1:04 PM, Ned McGarry at ned.mcgarry at verizon.net wrote:
>
>> I get a Black-headed Grosbeak to two maybe a couple of times a year
>> clumsily
>> attempt to light on my tube feeder . . . typically juveniles I suspect,
>> later in the season.
>>
>> Just had what I figure was a female adroitly visit and chow down.
>>
>> About 5 minutes later, a House Finch showed up . . . also a rarely
>> observed
>> visitor to the feeder.
>> ______________________________________
>>
>> Ned McGarry
>> Sammamish, WA
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