From Chelsea:
The feeding station has been inundated today, and on a constant basis.  The
Am. Golden Finches have numbered around fifty all day and are still here.
Their colors are deepening, but I have noticed that some that have white
uppertail coverts are now showing bright yellow feathers replacing the white
ones??? I've never seen this before so any comments are appreciated.  Also,
some males are showing unusually bright yellow patches on their throat
feathers?

--Rose-breasted Grosbeak, two, female--very distinctive streaking across
breast and
       boldly striped head
--Pine Grosbeak, two males
--One female Indigo Bunting, arrived early morning and stayed around till a
little past
        one o'clock.
--Purple Finches, two, female
--Cardinals, two female
--Downy Woodpeckers, one male, one female--they both feed on the suet around
the
       same time now
--Hairy Woodpeckers, one male one female also following the feeding pattern
as the
       Downys
--Red Breasted Nuthatchers, three; two males, one female
--Brown Creeper, two
--Chickadees--two "families" five each, and the one from the first group to
come to the feeders after we moved in is still the leader of the whole
feeding group--"He" meets me at the feeders when I refill them or go out to
tidy up--everyone flies away, the "he" sings, I sing back and "he" come right
up to the branches as I go from feeder to feeder, the two of us
"talking"--when I go back inside "he" starts to sing louder  and then one by
one everyone starts back.  The voices in song today have been
amazing--everyone has been singing!  To think when we moved into this
residence there was not a sound around!
Kathryne Silberman
Chelsea Village