Sunday, we were at my parents (about a mile away from us), and my mom
saw the first Purple Finch she has seen in a couple of years.  Since I
started birding two years ago, I had never seen any until this season,
so I guess it's a good year for them.  Today I had up to 6 at a time on
my feeder.  At times, they and the Goldfinches are the only things
around.  I've got a family of Blue Jays scaring everything else away.  :(

Leslie
Keedysville, MD
Washington County