11/10/12 Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) on a sycamore tree off of the driveway.
These guys are common migrants that come through our property every winter to flock with the Lesser Goldfinches and hang out with them on the niger seed socks. They are discernible from their cousins by their brownish color and heavy streaking (no duh, Arleen!).
1/30/11 On a sycamore tree off of the driveway.
2/13/11 On a sycamore tree off of the driveway.
2/10/18
These guys are common migrants that come through our property every winter to flock with the Lesser Goldfinches and hang out with them on the niger seed socks. They are discernible from their cousins by their brownish color and heavy streaking (no duh, Arleen!).
LIFE LIST NOTES:
COMMON NAME: Pine Siskin
COMMON NAME: Pine Siskin
SPECIES: Carduelis pinus
SEX: Males & females
COUNT: 10+
LIFE LIST DATE: 11/3/2007
LIFE LIST DATE: 11/3/2007
LOCATION: La Cresta, Murrieta (SW Riverside County), CA 92562
From Stokes Field Guide to Birds:
IDENTIFYING MARKS & BEHAVIOR: 5" Brown above, light below; brown streaked overall; long pointed bill; yellow on the wings and base of tail. Comes to bird feeders, sometimes in large numbers, for sunflower seed and thistle (niger) seed.
VOICE: Song a mixture of trills and rapid warbles; calls include a sweeyeet and a buzzing ascending zrreeeeee.
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