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Birding Reports => Backyard Birding => Topic started by: RKD on October 29, 2010, 12:47:22 PM

Title: Pine Siskens
Post by: RKD on October 29, 2010, 12:47:22 PM

Just had two Pine Siskens show up at my feeders. First of the season for us.

Title: Pine Siskin
Post by: Leslie Kinrys on October 30, 2010, 08:12:51 PM

We live in the Bathurst/Sheppard area. Today, I had one Pine Siskin hanging out with the goldfinches at our nyger feeder. It is also the first of the season for me.

Title: Pine Siskins
Post by: Brian Bailey on October 31, 2010, 08:22:46 PM

Maybe this will be another good winter for siskins.  I had a flock of about 30 birds hanging around my house this afternoon.  Oddly for siskins, they were feeding mainly in deciduous trees.

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Post by: birderinontario on November 11, 2010, 11:54:39 AM

Out here, it got really cold, then it warmed back up and I think the birds are confused!

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Post by: Rob'in'To on November 11, 2010, 02:38:24 PM

I guess I better put out some extra nyjer this weekend.  What was it, two or three years ago we had that irruption?  I had never seen a Siskin before then.  I had a couple dozen of them that winter along with about half a dozen Common Redpolls.  And have not seen either since then.  So, that could be a good thing to see.  But, does that mean we have a sign of possibly a nasty winter coming?  I keep hearing bits here and there about such.