Hi, Gina spotted our first purple finch of the year this AM. They nest in the Norway Spruces next door.
We also had our first male goldfinch in full breeding plumage at a feeder today. Before today the yellow feathers were sparse and not particularly attractive. Then today, as if a new species had arrived, We were treated to the shocking yellow of our first "yellowbird" of the spring. "The yellow birds are back" was the very predictable announcement , each spring, of a charming, now deceased couple in Dryden. Knowing that I like birds they would give me a call as soon as they saw their first "yellowbird". I never had the heart to tell them that the dull, mostly greenish birds at their feeder all winter were were winter plumage "yellowbirds". Bard Bard V. Prentiss 27 East Main Street Dryden, NY 13053 bvanwoer...@gmail.com 607-844-4691 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
