[obol] Siskins seen

[Dennis P. Vroman]

Although I have not seen any for some time, a birder north of me in the 
Sunny Valley area had a Siskin yesterday (12-01-06; 1st for this winter) in 
Josephine Co.

A male (possibly with a female) LAWRENCE'S GOLDFINCH was seen (12-01-06)at 
Valley of the Rogue S.P. (near I-5 exit 45a or b; Jackson Co) by Ralph 
Browning.

Dennis (north of Grants Pass)


The first siskin I have seen this season arrived at my feeder, alone,
December 2.  Also the first Lesser Goldfinch I have seen since September.
Lessers are usually the commoner goldfinch in winter; this year they are
late.

-- 
Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON
acontrer at mindspring.com


³Undue neglect, or fear, of subspecies is not only unscientific, it can
hamper rational efforts to conserve biological diversity...and to understand
bird movements.²

-Allan R. Phillips, in Why Neglect The Difficult?, Western Birds 6(3)69-86
(1975)


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