Yes, I have had, and photographed, Pine Siskins gleaning on the ground occasionally, under our annual "forest" of sunflowers, as well as on the grass under the feeders in our apple tree. Not a regular occurrence but not unheard of.
Dee Warnock
Edmonds

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:34:47 +0000
From: "Scuderi, Michael R CIV USARMY CENWS (USA)"
<Michael.R.Scuderi at usace.army.mil>
To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Pine Siskins in Carnation

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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