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[STEPHEN SATTERFIELD <srs1225@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Has anyone ever seen Pine Siskins pick and /or eat algae from a pond?  

We observed four of them in and around the waterfall section of our garden 
pond.  We first thought they were just getting a drink of water when we 
discovered they actually were eating and picking around the thick green algae 
that is growing in the waterfall section of the pond.  This is a behavior we 
have never observed before and just wondered if anyone else has ever noticed 
this.

Stephen & Rebecca Satterfield
Luttrell, TN - Union County  
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