Volume 11 , Issue 16

Mysterious Wildbird Is Pine Siskin

In last weeks newsletter we had some videos of our Junco's and a mysterious wildbird that we were trying to identify. Thanks goes out to Jim Barker and Ellis Raymer who helped us identify this particular wildbird as a "Pine Siskin." I knew Jim would know 'cause he seems to know a lot about birds and other things.

Jim says, "I viewed your "bird feeder" video and I think your mystery bird is a Pine Siskin. At first I thought it was a fox sparrow because it appeared to be dark in color, but I think that was due to the lighting. Also, since it appears to be smaller than the juncos, I lean strongly toward the Pine Siskin ID.

Ellis says, "I am with Jim and the pine siskin."

The Pine Siskin from last week must have spread the word that they had found a gold mine of seeds, because this week we spotted over two dozen Siskin's feeding on the seeds laid out on the top of the patio table. NW Okie was not quick enough to get a shot of that occurence, though.

We are going to be gone for a couple weeks or so while back in NW Oklahoma. Will the birds and squirrels find another feeding ground while we are away? Probably!
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