Now that I have a feeder where I can spend time watching the White-crowned
Sparrows, I see that I have three different birds coming in daily.
Referencing Sibley's, I believe I have a West Taiga, a Pacific, and one that
seems to be in between. I haven't been able to get clear bill color on the
third. How common are the West and/or Interior Taigas in Redmond/Bellevue?
I don't recall seeing that much white on WcSparrows in field sightings.

My typical daily count for the last couple weeks is:

2 Golden-crowned Sparrows
3 White-crowned Sparrows
5-7 Pine Siskins
2 Chesnut-backed Chickadees (was only one through the winter, always with
bushtits, now a pair coming in together!)
Highly variable numbers of individual B-c Chickadees and Juncos
1 male, 1 (2?) female Anna's Hummingbird
a few House Sparrows, remaining uncounted
1 male Towhee (down from a pair, so I'm hoping the female is on eggs)

Doreen Gillespie
dorgilles at gmail.com
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