Pine Siskins in good health are quite active, indeed very spunky. When occurring in numbers, they tend to dominate the feeder, chasing away House Finches and even House Sparrows. I occasionally will get one Siskin who takes over the feeder, not letting anybody else feed.

Barry Ulman
Bellingham, WA.


On Feb 21, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Darlene Sybert wrote:

> The Siskins at my feeders during the past week have been many and, if
> anything, over active. My fellow feeders in this area have reported the
> same behavior. No lethargy here...
>
> Darlene
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