Dennis, et. al.,

Yesterday, closely E of Ellenburg city limits, I saw a lone Pine Siskin
among a small flock of American Goldfinches, the first PISI I've seen this
year below 5,000' elevation. (I saw a couple flocks of PISIs in the E
Cascades subalpine this summer -- in Subalpine Firs, which IME are PISIs'
favorite E Cascade tree notwithstanding the name).

Steve Loitz
Ellensburg

On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 9:22 AM Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
wrote:


> Good morning tweets,

>

> Just wanted to report the persistence of up to six American Goldfinches at

> a tube feeder, first seen on 21 December. Interestingly, I just saw one

> bird at first and then three birds and now six of them. Do they divide like

> amoebas? Goldfinches are by no means of regular occurrence in our wooded

> yard, and this is the most birds ever in the yard and the longest period

> I've ever seen them on a daily basis. Yesterday a Pine Siskin joined them,

> first one I've seen here this winter. We don't have the invasion of siskins

> that we do in some years, so that was a surprise too.

>

> Enjoy the remaining birds of 2023!

>

> Dennis Paulson

> Maple Leaf, above Thornton Creek

> Seattle, WA

>