[birdky] Re: INFO: Nesting Pine Siskins???

great tip . . .been brushing my choc lab during each of the past late winters 
and leaving her hair out for the birds to
weave into their nests.  Have found many nests well woven with the chocolate 
hair,  including the Eastern Phoebees
who add it in with all their favorite mosses,  and also some of the bluebird 
and hummingbird nests.



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From: Scott Freidhof <sialia67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: BIRDKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:01:46 PM
Subject: [birdky] Re: INFO: Nesting Pine Siskins???


That is a great idea!  I was pulling tufts
of hair off my old yellow lab mix just yesterday.  I will place some hair
at the bird feeders and see what happens.  I still have about 70 pine siskins
visiting every day.  I will report back with results or lack thereof.
 
Scott Freidhof
RowanCounty
 
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From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EEC)
Sent: Monday, March 23, 20091:37 PM
To: BIRDKY
Subject: [birdky] INFO: Nesting
Pine Siskins???
 
If anyone has lingering Pine Siskins
you might watch them for potential nesting behavior.  Twenty-one years ago
*today* I was shooting hoops on our family farm in Louisville when a Pine
Siskin flew down to the basketball goal and attempted to pull off some frayed
parts of the net beneath the rim; the bird then flew down to the ground and
collected a billful of my aunt's dog on the lawn before flying off to a nearby
white pine tree. I later climbed the tree and found a nest with one egg in it.
This nest was not successful, but later that year young siskins were seen being
fed at feeders at two locations in Louisville, including
our farm.
 
I have had siskins in our yard in
Louisville for the past couple of weeks; they are not coming to the feeders,
but twice in the last week I've heard a male quietly singing from the tip tops
of spruce trees and I've wondered if some nesting activity may be underway. If
you have any dog hair or other suitable nesting material around, you might
put it out by your feeders and watch to see if anyone comes to take it.
 
BPB, Frankfort

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