Date: 1/1/26 11:36 am From: Louise via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] First Bird
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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