Saturday, April 24, 2010

A Pine Siskin this morning

A Pine Siskin in Bird Alley this morning accompanying an American Tree Sparrow was quite a lovely surprise.  It has been quite a while since we have had a pine siskin visitin.  We remember other occasions when the ground in our feeder area would be carpeted with these birds!.  Welcome little Siskin!


Another new arrival today in Bird.Alley today was a female Red-winged Blackbird(.shown above and just below) We haven't seen this bird for quite a while, so it was a welcome sighting.
Also this morning I noticed a Chipping Sparrow in Bird Alley, a new recent arriving of a returning species.

Also today we have had both male and female Purple Finch in our feeder area as well as White-throated Sparrows.
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5 comments:

  1. bobbie9:02 AM

    A very sweet picture.

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  2. Lorac9:24 AM

    Cute to see them together at the feeder. How nice to see the birds coming back!

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  3. Ruth's Photo Blog1:00 PM

    I am always thankful for the Pine Siskins,they bring such joy to the feeders.
    Blessings,Ruth

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  4. Stephanie V1:55 PM

    We used to have lots of pine siskins in our back yard trees - some of which just happened to be pines.
    A few years ago, we noticed that they weren't around anymore and discovered that there had been a parasite which decimated their population. They are still a rare sight for us.
    Nice to see them again through your lens.

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  5. Mary5:21 PM

    Siskins are pretty little birds. I only saw a couple this year. Wonder if it is the parasite that Stephanie mentioned.

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