Thursday's Bird Watch!

 

This bird is a Pine Siskin at a feeder box put up by Kirk Wagner in his Garden Home backyard here in Dallas Retirement Community Village. Pine Siskins have just arrived in large numbers last month from their breeding grounds in northern Canada. They can be seen here at DRV in our barren winter trees in flocks of 15 to 30 birds. It could be just a coincidence, but I'm thinking that there is a strong possibility that their arrival and the arrival of the Merlinn, which was featured in last week's post, has a connection.  That connection is that the Merlin has followed its food source south for the winter.