This winter, the local pine siskin flocks in Western Washington are being decimated by salmonella carried from dirty  backyard bird feeder to dirty feeder. This poor little bird died on my porch. Please remember to clean your feeders seasonally with 1 part bleach to nine parts water. Rinse obsessively and for extra measure, don’t put food in your feeder for two weeks after cleaning. Our songbirds will thank you.