Hello, tweets.

House Sparrows used to be common in our yard, with up to 20+ at once at the feeders. They are usually absent now, so i was actually excited to see a lone male at a seed feeder twice this week. Not exactly a cosmic sighting, but doesn't it show you that everything is relative? I don't know why they have declined, unless it is the loss of breeding sites. They usually use a crevice of some sort, and perhaps people around here are covering over all their crevices. Or there is some other reason.....

Bird feeding has really dropped off here in the past few weeks. I assume this is because of the relatively good weather leading birds to depend more on Mother Nature, but it has really made a difference in my enjoyment of the yard while stuck at the computer. A male and a female Townsend's Warbler present all winter seemingly have disappeared, yet it's surely too early for them to have migrated somewhere. The junco flock has diminished from about 30 to just a few. There are a couple of Pine Siskins, which were not here during the winter. A lot of the resident birds, e.g., flickers and chickadees, are probably becoming more territorial. Nothing is permanent but change.

Dennis
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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net