Pine Siskins

A flock of unusual birds arrived at our backyard feeder a few days ago. Mottled brown with a touch of yellow on their wings, I learned from a Wild Birds Unlimited newsletter that they're called Pine Siskins, a type of finch that usually lives much farther north in the boreal pine forests of Canada.

The siskins monopolized the oil seed feeder all afternoon much to the chagrin of the nuthatches and chickadees who usually have the feeder to themselves!