<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">We had them all 21/22 winter, '22 spring & summer; they began thinning in early fall and by the end of October '22, there were none visiting us. Winter 2021/2022 they were here in amazing numbers apparently due to bad seed production in Canada. The numbers stayed very high until about the end of October. Now none. Hopefully they have plenty of seeds and decided to stay in Canada. Especially considering that we're paying plenty for hulled sunflower seed (and not the good black oil kind either!!). I worry about it every time I start getting low on feed. Ah, the life of backyard birding. May we always have feathered friends. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 12:23 PM Peggy Mundy <<a href="mailto:peggy_busby@yahoo.com">peggy_busby@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div><div dir="ltr">Wow, that's an interesting observation and, now that you mention it, I haven't seen a pine siskin in months here in Bothell. Oddly, I had some visiting throughout the summer--used to be winter only.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Peggy Mundy</div><div dir="ltr">Bothell, WA</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div></div></div>
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On Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 12:19:58 p.m. PST, Betty Watson <<a href="mailto:rocky98502@gmail.com" target="_blank">rocky98502@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
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We're out near the end of Steamboat Island Rd in west Olympia. I was just wondering what other people have been experiencing. This year we've had about 4 X as many juncos, the usual number of goldfinches but zero siskins. <br></div></div>
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