[Tweeters] goldfinches and siskin
Steve Loitz
steveloitz at gmail.com
Sat Dec 30 09:29:23 PST 2023
Dennis, et. al.,
Yesterday, closely E of Ellenburg city limits, I saw a lone Pine Siskin
among a small flock of American Goldfinches, the first PISI I've seen this
year below 5,000' elevation. (I saw a couple flocks of PISIs in the E
Cascades subalpine this summer -- in Subalpine Firs, which IME are PISIs'
favorite E Cascade tree notwithstanding the name).
Steve Loitz
Ellensburg
On Sat, Dec 30, 2023 at 9:22 AM Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>
wrote:
> Good morning tweets,
>
> Just wanted to report the persistence of up to six American Goldfinches at
> a tube feeder, first seen on 21 December. Interestingly, I just saw one
> bird at first and then three birds and now six of them. Do they divide like
> amoebas? Goldfinches are by no means of regular occurrence in our wooded
> yard, and this is the most birds ever in the yard and the longest period
> I’ve ever seen them on a daily basis. Yesterday a Pine Siskin joined them,
> first one I’ve seen here this winter. We don’t have the invasion of siskins
> that we do in some years, so that was a surprise too.
>
> Enjoy the remaining birds of 2023!
>
> Dennis Paulson
> Maple Leaf, above Thornton Creek
> Seattle, WA
>
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