Neil, you lucky dog, I've never seen the "orange crown" on that warbler! It wasn't until just a couple years ago that I ever saw the "ruby crown" on the kinglet even though I've seen that species for donkey's years.
Not a whole lot new, just more Pine Siskins arriving, and we now have Oregon and Pink-sided Juncos joining the Gray-headed and Red-backed. Looking forward to the first Slate-colored. Now if I could just get a White-winged to visit, I'd be ecstatic. We are getting almost-daily visits from a male Red-naped Sapsucker. And oddly enough, there's one lone hold-out from the Lewis's Woodpeckers that fledged this summer. They're usually long gone by now, but we still have one that keeps coming into the yard for peanuts, suet and the feeder. Wonder if it'll over-winter? That'd be a first for the yard. Did have a flock of about 50 Brewer's Blackbirds come in a few days in a row, which is fun as I love their constant "ticking" cluck they do.
Project FeederWatch starts Nov. 12 for North American watchers. Are all you NA folks signed up? :t:
EDIT: I no sooner go outside than a Sharp-shinned Hawk made a strafing run, nabbing one of the small birds below the feeders. Couldn't tell whether it was a Chipping Sparrow, Pine Siskin or Lesser Goldfinch, but looks like the Sharpie is back for a couple weeks. Wish I could band this one so I'd know if it is the same individual we've seen the past three years periodically staking out the yard. Man, they're fast!
