Sunday, December 21 West Morristown, Hamblen County Ginger Goolsby I have been having Pine Siskins regularly this fall but yesterday morning, Saturday 12/20, I think I hit the jackpot. Conservatively, there must have been 75 Siskins, along with a few Goldfinches, on my nyger and black oil feeders, on the ground under my feeders and on the bird baths - I've never seen so many birds at my feeders. Today I've had groups of 40+ but not the mass that swooped in yesterday. Some of the Siskins even tolerate me walking in the vicinity of the feeders; however, I am not having the large numbers (25-30) of Goldfinches that I usually have - the Siskins must overwhelm them. The birds are a delight; however, I can see my seed costs going up! Happy Holidays. Ginger Goolsby =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________