Bird Ramblings - Siskins

I want to extend a big Thank You to DRV resident Bonnie Pickett who lives in Garden Home #1. She does a great job with bird feeders in her backyard. This is a Pine Siskin I photographed at one of her feeders on October 31st. See our Checklist here. Pine Siskins can be seen here year around albeit in small numbers, but it's the huge flocks that arrive around October and November that always catch my attention. The majority will leave again in the Spring for higher elevations in the Cascades, Coast Range and further north to Canada for the breeding season. The number of birds fluctuates, with good numbers some years and small numbers in other years.