Date: 1/1/26 12:05 pm From: Sue Welsh via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] First Bird
FOY. Flock of juncos
On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 11:25 AM Louise via Tweeters <
<tweeters...> wrote:
> I envy you your Townsend's warblers, Dennis. I always had them regularly
> at my suet feeder over the winter, but the last two winters, and this one
> as well so far, they've been missing for some reason.
>
> Louise Rutter
> Kirkland
>
> On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson...>
> wrote:
>
>> My first bird of the year was a Dark-eyed Junco, completely expected as
>> they are overrunning the yard this winter, far more than we have ever had
>> before—probably around 20 birds.
>>
>> But the next bird was a real surprise, a Golden-crowned Sparrow. We had
>> two of them in the yard daily from 9/20-10/9, then not a sighting of them
>> until this morning. There were two adults, while the October birds were an
>> adult and an immature. It’s hard to imagine these birds are the same birds,
>> as we would surely have seen them if they had been around during that gap
>> period. We look forward to seeing if they hang around.
>>
>> We also have another welcome visitor to the yard, an Orange-crowned
>> Warbler that appeared on 12/30, the first wintering one we’ve had since
>> 2014. The bird is very visible daily, and I can envision its thinking “wow,
>> why didn’t I know about this feast before?” Our warblers (we also have
>> Yellow-rumped and Townsend’s) visit our suet and bark butter, and what has
>> long been surprising to me, they eat bird seed, perhaps only sunflower
>> chips. Haven’t seen the Orange-crowned do that yet.
>>
>> Dennis Paulson
>> Seattle
>> dennispaulson at comcast net
>>
>> > On Jan 1, 2026, at 9:09 AM, Louise via Tweeters <
>> <tweeters...> wrote:
>> >
>> > My first bird of the year was house finch, a male, and very pretty he
>> was! An unusual one for me - I don't get them at my feeder a lot. They tend
>> to show up daily for about a week, the disappear for several months,
>> >
>> > Louise Rutter
>> > Kirkland
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