Thanks for the ID. They seemed to me to be too large for Pine Siskins and we haven’t had a Pine Siskin in the yard in at least two years. For further confirmation, we woke up to a bird bath full of Pine Siskins splashing water everywhere.
The small flock seems to have moved on. Hopefully, they will return.

I’m sorry to hear that the American Goldfinches are ignoring your feeders. I’ve counted ten at a time on my tube and 2 tray feeders. Today I left for my bike ride with 9 sightings: AMGO, LEGO, PISI, MODO, BCHU, SOSP, RBNU, BCCH, and HOFI.
Plus, there was a mystery bird that I was unable to find in Sibley. Small, tan, lightly striped and too quick to photograph.

Unfortunately, Osprey and other raptors have become harder to come by along the greenbelt, and the water birds have not really arrived yet. This happens every year, but I’d rather have 30+ birds (my usual count) but 28 will have to do.

Tom McCabe, Boise

While attempting to take some pictures of lesser goldfinches devouring the seeds of our brown eyed susan flowers, I got these two, instead. I’m thinking juvenile yellow rumped
warblers, but can’t find any pictures close enough to confirm that.

A few weeks ago, I commented on our lack of birds this year. About two weeks after that comment, we woke up to our feeders full of birds and they have only increased in numbers
since then. We have gone from filling feeders once a week to daily fillings. However, we still have not seen any American Goldfinches. The hummingbirds showed up a few days later and are still plentiful. Almost all are juveniles, at this point.

Thanks for your thoughts on our visitors.

Tom Soniville