I'm writing an article for Seattle Metropolitan magazine on urban
songbirds, and what may be happening to them in and around Seattle.
Several observers (including myself) have seen far fewer, both in
variety and in sheer numbers, this year, after gradual decline for
several years. House finches are of course an especially dramatic case.
I wonder what trends in-city Tweeters members have observed, and what
conclusions you draw from them.

Eric Scigliano
News editor
Seattle Metropolitan
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