Maybe this is old news. I haven’t been out much lately so I was surprised to
see a couple dozen swallows at Plat I today.
On another subject: Knowing when our winter birds leave is always more
challenging than noting their arrivals. We’ve had a white-throated sparrow
since mid Dec and I think left about two weeks ago. Meanwhile our resident
Townsend’s warbler is still here. He also arrived mid Dec. We put hard boiled
egg yolk out for him everyday … and try to keep the other birds from gobbling
it down first. For a long time he got most of the egg yolk, but then the
English Sparrows decided it is pretty good stuff. He is often out there
waiting for his next meal.
Elva Paulson
Roseburg
