Greetings birders, Ron Pittaway's Winter Finches Forecast was/is right on the money. The numbers of Pine Grosbeaks are way down...where I usually had 75+ visiting each day in previous winters..I am down to maybe 10 on a good day. The same can be said of Redpolls ( not one Hoary yet this season) . Some neighbours have the odd American Goldfinch..there are NO Evenings in my area at all. Blue Jay numbers are still down but Gray Jays are up. Good birding to you all, Gert trudel@ntl.sympatico.ca Gowganda, On 7 hours North of Toronto