Regarding American Goldfinches in winter, the Port Townsend CBC never
exceeded a dozen from 1977 thru 2021. Usually it was zero.
Last year we counted 79; this year we counted 34.
good birding,
On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 9:42 AM David Kreft <
dkreft052 at gmail.com> wrote:
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Here in NE WA we have a dearth of AGOL and PISI this winter (so far).
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Briefly saw two AGOL at the thistle see feeder. That's it.
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Dave Kreft
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> On Dec 30, 2023, at 9:34 AM, HAL MICHAEL <ucd880 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> No Goldfinch here for a while. May have had some summer nesting. Had
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two Siskins at the feeder; first in quite a while.
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> Hal Michael
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>> On 12/30/2023 9:21 AM PST Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
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wrote:
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>> Good morning tweets,
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>> Just wanted to report the persistence of up to six American Goldfinches
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at a tube feeder, first seen on 21 December. Interestingly, I just saw one
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bird at first and then three birds and now six of them. Do they divide like
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amoebas? Goldfinches are by no means of regular occurrence in our wooded
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yard, and this is the most birds ever in the yard and the longest period
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I've ever seen them on a daily basis. Yesterday a Pine Siskin joined them,
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first one I've seen here this winter. We don't have the invasion of siskins
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that we do in some years, so that was a surprise too.
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>> Enjoy the remaining birds of 2023!
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>> Dennis Paulson
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>> Maple Leaf, above Thornton Creek
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>> Seattle, WA
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Steve Hampton
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