[Tweeters] First Bird

[Jeff Harrell via Tweeters]

red-breasted nuthatch on the sunflower feeder, and then later a
ruby-crowned kinglet on one of our hidden away suets I’ve never seen them
on before :)

On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM Sue Welsh via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> 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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