[Tweeters] Pine siskins

[Greg via Tweeters]

My partner and I both feel that the Siskins are a border-line nuisance! They are not like Bushtits who will descend on a suet cake 15 at a time and feed amicably for a short while and then move on. Siskins, on the other hand squabble incessantly with a prolific pecking order, mobbing the feeder in numbers upwards of 50 without a break and precluding other species from the feed source. Chickadees must wait patiently in the wings and if lucky, can sneak in for one seed. House Finches, Nuthatches? Good luck!

Greg
University Place

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> On Jan 4, 2025, at 12:07 PM, Kersti Muul via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

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> I have so many siskins here...

> Draining the tube feeders in 2 hours 🤯

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> Kersti E. Muul

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