will and jan risser of portland and my wife, sybil and i immediately left for the brambling site when i saw the obol report around noon today, jan 9ththe brambling was reported coming to a feeder in woodburn,oregon at linda long"s home at 1015 orchard lane, woodburn, orms long was very hospitable inviting us into the yard to view her feeders. following is will rissers excellant post of the sighting this afternoon: Jan and I and Steve and Sybil Kohl saw the Woodburn brambling at the feeder
at about 3:30 this afternoon. The home owner said that she had not seen it
all day except at 8 AM because a sharpie was sitting near the feeder. The
sharpie left and the birds started coming in. The bird appeared on the left
side of the big tree behind the feeders and worked its way right to the
feeder that it likes: a clay dish with a white stick sticking out that is in
front of a large bush in the corner of the back yard. You cannot see the
feeder from the street, but the home ownger is very hospitable and invited
us into the backyard (the location of her house is on a previous post).



After it fed, it flew up into the big tree above the feeders and behind the
fence and preened and cleaned its bill and fed some more for several
minutes. Its plumage looked like the female in the National Geo book,
although the wind markings were slightly different, more like those in our
European field guide.
good luck everyone who tries for the birdremember this is private property in a quiet residential neighborhoodms long appreciated the contribution we made for bird foodhopefully it stays around longer than the scappose brambling this november! steve kohl, brush prairie, wa