Date: 12/15/25 3:35 pm From: Tom & Susan Soniville via groups.io <tomnsueid...> Subject: Re: [IBLE] No Birds at Feeders
Having bemoaned our lack of birds, we woke up to double the usual number of lesser goldfinches and juncos. Around noon a flock of about 100 robins came into the neighborhood and were followed by about 50 cedar waxwings. Next up was a large flock of starlings, who tried to find out how many of them could land on our bird bath at one time (about a dozen is the correct answer). Two yellow rump warblers appeared with the starlings (a first for our yard). The final group of the day was a flock of two to three dozen magpies. By 3 PM all the birds were gone, not so much as a junco remained. I'm guessing the next weather front is pushing them, or maybe it was our neighborhood's turn on their rotation schedule.
Great fun either way!
Tom Soniville
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Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2025 10:08 AM
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Subject: Re: [IBLE] No Birds at Feeders
In Valley County, McCall area, there is a very good seed crop in the ponderosas, so my feeders lack customers. Birds are out there but getting natural foods.
Dean Jones
Boise & Donnelly
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From: "John Schmidt via groups.io" <jsecho03...><mailto:<jsecho03...>> Date: 12/14/25 9:14 AM (GMT-07:00)
To: <IBLE...><mailto:<IBLE...> Subject: Re: [IBLE] No Birds at Feeders
So I took a hike yesterday around the house. Within a mile we saw flocks of goldfinches, juncos, pine siskins and chickadees. They're out there, just not at the feeders. That's a good thing.
