Jerry Hall
05/13/2013 - 10:11am
Welcome to May, a great month for birds and birding. You should be seeing new migrants this time of year, and many “winter” birds should be leaving. For example, the hordes of pine siskins I have been treating to expensive niger seeds have finally headed back north. And I haven't seen an American goldfinch since May began – although lesser goldfinches are still around.
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