[Tweeters] First Bird

[Sue Welsh via Tweeters]

FOY.  Flock of juncos

On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 11:25 AM Louise via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> 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 at comcast.net>

> 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 at u.washington.edu> 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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