[obol] Re: Single Pine Siskin

  • From: Nels Nelson <nelsnelson7@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Hannah Fritz <hannah.fritz@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 10:45:48 -0800

Sounds like this is the year of Pine Siskins. In the past 6 or 8 years,
we've had the occasional (two or three) Pine Siskins show up (some years
none).
A week or 10 days ago, we were surprised to see a flock of 40 or 50 Pine
Siskins descend on our black oil sunflower and niger seed feeders, actively
feeding like they hadn't eaten for awhile. Smaller numbers (up to 20 or
more) have shown up daily ever since them.

Enjoying them while we have them,

Nels
Hillsboro

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Hannah Fritz <hannah.fritz@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I, too, have had a fair number of Pine Siskins here in St. Helens on my
thistle feeders. In most years, I'd be lucky to see one per year. Though I
understand that nomadic coming and going of Pine Siskins is not unusual.
But I would guess this year they are definitely COMING.

Like Jeff/Lauretta, I had one window strike, which I went out to
investigate, and found the little guy/gal stunned on the ground. I put it
up on my porch using a rag, and observed it for a few minutes, before it
was thankfully able to take off. There's so many neighbor cats roaming
around though, I didn't want to leave it on the ground.

This morning, they were also joined by a large flock of EVENING GROSBEAK
(not on the thistle feeder), one Downy male eating some suet, and the
normal winter assortment of sparrows and squabbling Anna's Hummingbirds.

Hannah
St. Helens, OR

On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Jeff and Lauretta Young <
jeffandlaurettayoung@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Over the past two days our yard in Cedar Mill/Bethany area near Beaverton
has been totally mobbed by huge flocks of PINE SISKINS

there are so many I literally cannot count but I estimate several
hundred..

all flying around frantically… some unfortunately flying into the
windows… almost all vying for spots on the seed feeders

Certainly entertainment for cats…

Lauretta

On Nov 10, 2015, at 9:43 AM, Carol <imcaroling@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A single Pine Siskin was at our feeder this morning. A rarity in our
yard.

-Carol Hiler
N. Albany




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