I haven’t seen them yet today, but for the last 3 days a flock of Pine Siskins has come to my feeders, where the only fare is black oil sunflower seeds. The Siskins have only been present for a few minutes at a time, so I have to be vigilant and lucky. The maximum has been 26, which is a real strain on my ability to keep track of them. Only 1 so far has shown prominent yellow on the wingbar, all the rest having white.
I had been thinking of expanding the bird feeding operation, but this morning I got a series of reports of bird feeders and beehives being demolished by a Bear 1-2 miles away on West Hill, just into the Town of Ithaca, and at EcoVillage. - - Dave Nutter > On Nov 30, 2020, at 10:20 AM, Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > ~23 Pine Siskins, along w 4-5 Goldfinches, enjoying nyjer seeds on my deck > railing! > A Red-breasted Nuthatch grabbing sunflower seeds, too. > > Donna Scott > Lansing > Sent from my iPhone > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
