[Tweeters] Am I the only person on south sound who hasn't seen any Pine siskins all fall/winter?

[Steve Hampton]

I'm hearing there is a large cone crop in BC that is keeping them up there.



On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 1:36 PM PENNY & DAVID KOYAMA <plkoyama at comcast.net>
wrote:


> Tweets,

> I haven't seen one anywhere, but due to Covid recovery and holiday events,

> we've been sticking close to home since early Nov.  We do have scads of Am

> Goldfinches, though, quickly running through our seed supply. They don't

> fight as much as Pine Siskins, which is always entertaining.  I guess this

> just isn't one of those siskin eruptive years.

> Penny Koyama, Bothell

>

> On 12/29/2022 1:45 PM Philip Dickinson <pdickins at gmail.com> wrote:

>

>

> We have been seeing only a few siskins north of Seattle, occasionally one

> or two at a time and no large flocks. My son says the same is true in

> central Texas

>

> Phil Dickinson

>

> Sent from my iPhone

>

> On Dec 29, 2022, at 11:19 AM, Betty Watson <rocky98502 at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> We're out near the end of Steamboat Island Rd in west Olympia.  I was just

> wondering what other people have been experiencing.  This year we've had

> about 4 X as many juncos, the usual number of goldfinches but zero

> siskins.

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​Steve Hampton​
Port Townsend, WA  (qatáy)
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