I spent about an hour yesterday watching the very busy feeders at my daughter’s home in the St. John’s district of Portland, OR. Here’s the solitary star of the show:
The ghost of chickadee passed. 
CHICKADEE TRIFECTA
There aren’t many places in the U.S.–or seasons either–when and where you can get three species of chickadees without taking a hike.
Black-caps. 
Why we call them chestnut-backs: 
This sunflower seed seems just right. Of course, the chickadee wi have to carry it off to a limb and bang off the husk and then chisel off one tiny chip at a time. 
MALE ANNA’S SITTING ON GUARD
This male Anna’s was almost always within a short flight and clear view of the nectar feeder tough other birds were allowed to get a drink. 
YOUNG MALE HUMMER AT FEEDER
Note the neck molt in process:
REST OF THE FEEDER CROWD
This House Finch is actually a habitue of my feeder in McMinnville. 
Song Sparrow 
NW WILLAMETTE BLVD, ST. JOHN’S, Multnomah, Oregon, US
Oct 28, 2015 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM. 15 species
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) 9
Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 3
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 1
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 2
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) X
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 2
Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) 1
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens) 5
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) 15
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 15
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 2
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 15
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