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["mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

VA Birders and Others,
In my post about  Pine Siskins, as I said in my original post, I was 
referring to a late date for Buchanan County. I was not referring to 
Northeast TN, nor to any other area in Southwest VA. To my knowledge the 
only records kept for a period of extended time for Buchanan County have 
been kept by birders of  Buchanan County, dating back to the 1970's. Many of 
these birders are now members of the Buchanan County Bird Club.

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Buchanan County

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Birding Virginia" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:30 PM
Subject: [va-bird] Re: Pine Siskins


> Pine Siskin flocks of 200 + have been "common" at feeders in Southwest
> Virginia as late as the third week in May.  They are expected throughout 
> the
> region until the end of April. I should think a record becomes noteworthy
> for lateness when siskins are present after at least the first week of 
> May.
> At elevations above 2,000 feet, in Northeast Tennessee, we've had up to 
> six
> birds stay around a feeder into June and then numbers slowly declined 
> until
> the last departed the first week of October.  We've actually had siskins
> bring their young (2 adults with 3 young) in to a feeder at 2,800 feet,
> 27-30 June 2001.  Summer birds at mid-elevations in the Blue Ridge were
> noted as erratic by Mark Simpson (1992).  And, of course, they nest in our
> higher elevations of 5,000 feet and up -- probably fairly common at 4,000
> feet too, if we knew the truth.
>
> Let's go birding.......
>
> Wallace Coffey
> Bristol, TN
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "mayhorn" <mayhorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Birding Virginia" <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:00 PM
> Subject: [va-bird] Pine Siskins
>
>
>> VA Birders and Others,
>> Two Pine Siskins were feeding today on the thistle (nyger) seed sock here
> on Compton Mt. Those were the first ones I had seen here since March 3. I
> thought March 31 was a bit late for them, but upon checking our club data
> base I found that they have been found here in Buchanan County as late as
> April 19. That late date was in 1982 in the Breaks area at the home of 
> David
> Raines.
>> Enjoy the birds,
>>
>> Roger Mayhorn
>> Compton Mt
>> Buchanan County
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