Hello, tweets.

I've just been watching an American Goldfinch trying (sometimes
successfully) to crack sunflower seeds in the feeder outside my
window. I've always been surprised that this species is so rare in my
neighborhood. The last one I saw was October 2006, the last one
before that April 1999, and a few others prior to that. The
neighborhood isn't any more wooded than when we came here, although
our yard is, and I have the feeling that goldfinches like more open
country than this. Nevertheless, I've seen them at woodland edges all
over the place, especially in summer. So depending on your
perspective, common can be rare. Or if you lived in Barrow, Alaska,
and watched the massive Ross's Gull migration past there in the fall,
rare can be common!
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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net



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