A flock of at least 30 House Finches has shown up at our feeder this 
morning.  While once they were resident, for the last 10 years or more, 
House Finch has become a very uncommon occurrence  in our yard.

So far, we have not seen any purple finches in this group.  Two weeks 
ago, we had a couple female Purple Finches in a flock of many 
A.Goldfinches, but they have not been seen lately and the goldfinches 
are just a small handful.  We do have 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches showing 
up every now & then.

As reported by others, the finches are much more interested in the 
sunflower seed than in the Nyger thistle.

Georgia McDonald    Towson, Balt Co.