[birdky] Re: HELP

Joan, I have been trying and trying and trying (for about one second) to
feel bad for you.  Eighty siskins at my feeders are not enough.  If it were
possible for me to choose a favorite feeder bird, I would choose the siskin.
I would probably be late for work just to watch and hear 300 siskins at the
feeders.  I may rename one or both of my daughters with the name "Siskin."
And I know what is going to happen; sometime in May or June you will find
siskins nesting in the hemlocks around your home.  So if I make it to Pike
County for work purposes this winter, I may just drop in for a visit.  In
all seriousness, siskins have nested in Kentucky after "invasion" years.  If
you have not already, check out page 318 of the Kentucky Breeding Bird
Atlas.

 

Scott Freidhof

Rowan County

 

-----Original Message-----
From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Joan Carr
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 1:31 PM
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birdky] HELP

 

HELP! I think that I will have to apply for a government loan!! That is if I
plan to keep feeding the birds. I feel like there are thousands of PINE
SISKINS here even though there are probably only 200-300 of them. I am still
scoping them to see if I can find a REDPOLL or CROSSBILL, BUT NO LUCK. The
SHARP=SHINNED HAWK is still around and he/she just swooped down to try and
catch a "carry-out lunch". Most of my usual "yard birds" have been scarce as
a result of the influx of siskins, I guess. 

 

Cheers,

Joan Carr

Pike County, S. Williamson., KY   .

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