In a message dated 11/21/2006 10:20:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
 writes:

House  Finches are totally absent from the backyard feeders this  winter.   
House Sparrows are more abundant.  There are also a lot of   chickadees and 
more 
the usual titmice.  

Tom   Beal



Ditto here in Ashton, Montgomery County.
 
Rick Sussman