I have seen the same large numbers here but don't have seed feeders due to
mice problems. They are mobbing my nut/fruit cakes and eating all of the
smaller things out of it :) The jays get the larger nuts that are left. The
chickadees will go over to the suet but the siskins are shunning it.



Teresa Michelsen

Olympia, WA



From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dianna
Moore
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 7:32 PM
To: tweeters
Subject: [Tweeters] pine siskin numbers



Hey Tweets...I received an e-mail promo from Wild Birds Unlimited in Gig
Harbor (Hi Jim!) with a piece about reports of greater numbers of Pine
Siskins showing up at feeders around the Puget Sound and eating huge amounts
of seed...especially their favorite, nyjer (though I have read it is not a
thistle as reported). I quit feeding the little buggers a few years ago when
the cost of the seed quadrupled.



In an interesting aside, it seems the only port of entry in the U.S. is New
York City/New Jersey; does that mean the cost will rise even higher thanks
to Sandy?



Dianna Moore

Ocean Shores, Wa.

dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com