This afternoon, a pair of Pine Siskins has been collecting bills full of hair that we brushed out of one of our dogs. Presumably the female is doing the collecting while the male watches from a near-by perch. Then they fly back toward the large pine stand in Page Park, just northeast of our property.

Other yard sightings today were 6 Am. White Pelicans flying over around 12:15 p.m., 3 YB Sapsuckers, lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets, our first Ruby-crowned Kinglet of the spring, 2 Hermit Thrushes (1st arrivals) 4 Fox Sparrows (and singing), and a couple of Purple Finches. We saw a lot of E. Phoebes in the woods along the stream in Anna Page Park, and a pair is hanging around our house.