Flocks are Growing

Here's my new purchases from Friendship Crossing in Corvallis, OR.

Lots of bird patterns this time.  Sounds like a theme for May!

This week is forecast to be cold and rainy, so I find comfort in my little yellow outdoor finials.  How many American Goldfinches can you count?

I counted 14 American Goldfinches, 6 Lesser Goldfinches, and a large flock of Purple Finches. 

It's nice to have the "Canary Guys" (as my father calls them) back again.

I don't have enough stations at the feeders to serve everyone.

I was thrilled to count eight Evening Grosbeaks Monday afternoon.

I'd begun to worry that they were going to pass me by this year. 

With four couples, I might get luck and have one pair stay and nest. 

Here's a Rufous Towhee.  Some beginning birds confuse them with Black-headed Grosbeaks.  

Today was my first sighting of a Black-headed Grosbeak.

It's a larger bird with an orange collar and white flecks on the wings.

The Towhee has red eyes and the grosbeak has brown eyes.

The males have a beautiful song that sweetens my morning chorus.

Hope you are enjoying the return of spring / summer birds where ever you are.