Mike, we have seen Pine Siskins ground feeding in the mountains, usually in
the subalpine zone (they seem to like Subalpine Firs) and occasionally in
the montane (forest meadow edges). They are opportunistic feeders. We have
observed Siskins gleaning invertebrates.

Steve Loitz
Ellensburg, WA



On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 12:36 PM Scuderi, Michael R CIV USARMY CENWS (USA) <
Michael.R.Scuderi at usace.army.mil> wrote:


> Yesterday I had a large flock of about 80 siskin in my backyard (West

> Hill Kent). What was interesting was that the majority were feeding on the

> ground in the grass. I don't have a feeder so there were no seeds on the

> ground. Birds of the World is down right now, but in looking at my

> references books, I did not see references to ground feeding. Has anyone

> else observed siskin ground feeding behavior?

>

> Mike Scuderi

> Kent, WA

>

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