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Pine Siskins, late Osprey, and other yard birds

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Jessica Maggio

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Jessica Maggio

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Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:44:24 -0400

Yesterday (Saturday 10/22) I spotted four PINE SISKINS at a friend’s 
thistle feeders (in northern Damascus) along with at least five 
goldfinches; two PINE SISKINS were present again today along with three 
goldfinches (Sunday 10/23).

This evening (Sunday 10/23) a late OSPREY chose to roost in a dead treetop 
in the woods at the back of my friend’s yard; we watched him on and off for 
at least an hour before dark. (A large pond lies on the other side of the 
patch of woods, so we assume that he probably caught a good meal earlier in 
the day.) A minimum of fifty Canada geese were present on the pond earlier 
in the afternoon.

As for my own yard, our first three juncos for the season finally returned 
yesterday (Saturday 10/22), and a scruffy-looking Chipping sparrow visited 
the feeders today (Sunday 10/23).

Also present this weekend:

16 American goldfinches
1 White-breasted nuthatch
1 Downy woodpecker (female)
2 Carolina wrens
2 Tufted titmice
1 Carolina chickadee
1 House finch (male)
3 Blue jays
7 Mourning doves
1 Northern mockingbird
12 House sparrows

Jessica Maggio

Damascus, Maryland