We had them all 21/22 winter, '22 spring & summer; they began thinning in
early fall and by the end of October '22, there were none visiting us.
Winter 2021/2022 they were here in amazing numbers apparently due to bad
seed production in Canada. The numbers stayed very high until about the
end of October. Now none. Hopefully they have plenty of seeds and decided
to stay in Canada. Especially considering that we're paying plenty for
hulled sunflower seed (and not the good black oil kind either!!). I worry
about it every time I start getting low on feed. Ah, the life of backyard
birding. May we always have feathered friends.

On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 12:23 PM Peggy Mundy <peggy_busby at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Wow, that's an interesting observation and, now that you mention it, I

> haven't seen a pine siskin in months here in Bothell. Oddly, I had some

> visiting throughout the summer--used to be winter only.

>

> Peggy Mundy

> Bothell, WA

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> On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 12:19:58 p.m. PST, Betty Watson <

> rocky98502 at gmail.com> wrote:

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>

> We're out near the end of Steamboat Island Rd in west Olympia. I was just

> wondering what other people have been experiencing. This year we've had

> about 4 X as many juncos, the usual number of goldfinches but zero

> siskins.

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