I agree on kinglet. The bill is wrong for siskin.
We usually have a hermit thrush show up, especially when there’s snow. They
seem to be looking for scraps like hulled seeds, corn or mealworms on the
ground. One day this weekend when I was filling a suet nugget feeder, one
landed on the table next to my hand! We also see a brown thrasher near the
feeders from time to time. Last year, there was one that appeared to have some
damaged wing feathers but flew fairly well every time we saw it.
Coolest behavior we saw this weekend was a downy woodpecker poking holes in the
mud dauber tubes on the brick wall.
Lynne Davis
Seymour, Sevier County
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On Dec 28, 2020, at 11:33 AM, ziply <ziply123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'd go with the kinglet ID over pine siskins; this doesn't have even the
slightest siskin flecking and isn't as "sparrow-y" shaped. I suspect it
wondered what all the feeder activity was about and stopped just long enough
to determine the eats were not to its liking. I've had a hermit thrush mixed
in with my standard winter birds ground-feeding on black oil sunflower seeds,
and I suspect it's hunting not only bugs, but berry bits scaled off of the
suet feeder and perhaps bits of dried mealworm dropped by the titmice. I've
*never* seen a hermit thrush among my birds in 35+ years of bird feeding.
Liz Singley
Kingston, TN (river mi. 564)
On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 6:47 PM Jud Johnston <egrosbeak1946@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It's a ruby-crowned kinglet, I'd say. The bill is perfect for RCKI but
wrong for siskin. The bird lacks the coarse streaking underneath of a
siskin. Wingbars and back color are also a perfect match for RCKI. Not
enough yellow on the bird for pine warbler. Finally, the sun hit the bird
in the second photo at such an angle as to wash out the normally noticeable
eyering.
All that said, I don't think I've ever seen a kinglet on my feeders, in 40
years of feeding birds. Have seen pine warbler a few times, and under them
many times. Thanks for the photo.
Jud Johnston
Waynesboro
On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 3:28 PM Brian Hendrix <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I think I figured it out. Could this be a Ruby-crowned Kinglet?
D. Brian Hendrix
veteran | mac guy | birder | coffee snob
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On Dec 27, 2020, at 3:20 PM, R M J Turrentine <avocet1990@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wow....I never had a pine warbler at feeder... that's cool. I'd go with
that unless those much more bird savvy than myself say otherwise....but
the head is chunky like kinglet but beak is way too long and thin.ibam not
much help I fear! The beak was not siskin as my husband and I looked under
the shade....
Good luck!
Melissa Turrentine
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I thought it might be a Pine Siskin but it had a very clear “ring” around
the eye like a Pine Warbler.
D. Brian Hendrix
veteran | mac guy | birder | coffee snob
Tennessee Naturalist
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On Dec 27, 2020, at 3:13 PM, R M J Turrentine <avocet1990@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The wing stripe appears to be a pine siskin...I am outside and cannot
distinguish if it has has fine line markings on breast... just a guess
from my view seeing it while outdoors...hope this helps.
Melissa Turrentine
Bedford county
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This bird landed on feeder and only stayed maybe 4-5 seconds. I didn’t
even have time to focus camera! I should know it but I can’t remember.
Fairview, Williamson County, Tennessee
D. Brian Hendrix
veteran | mac guy | birder | coffee snob
Tennessee Naturalist
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615.336.4573
dbrianhendrix@xxxxxxxxxx
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