I had the first Pine Siskins in my yard today that iIhave actually seen. With all the reports, iImay have had some earlier, but it would have been one or two. I do have House Finches and could have mistaken the odd Siskin for one. There have been very few reports of birds in any number from the NE corner. But today I estimate I had between 30 and 40. Showing up this late I think there is a decent chance they will stay around for a while. Oddly, only one of the birds I got a good look at had any appreciable amount of yellow on it. Seems to me about half the ones we had 2 years ago were quite yellow. Maybe later in the season? Don Morgan, Coventry http://birdingnect.blogspot.com/ "Think, every morning when the sun peeps through The dim, leaf-latticed windows of the grove, How jubilant the happy birds renew Their old, melodious madrigals of love!" H.W. Longfellow