A very large flock (100 or more?) was here yesterday on Fidalgo, too. They
were eating the tiny seeds of Redcedar cones.

Lynn

On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 3:40 PM Patricia Quyle Grainger <paq at olypen.com>
wrote:


> Dennis and Tweeters-

>

> Not much more than an hour ago, I looked into our backyard and saw a cloud

> of birds, swirling everywhere. Probably a dozen or more landed on (and in)

> the birdbath, and only then could I identify them as pine siskins. They

> disappeared as suddenly as they had appeared. We've had a nice number of

> siskins all summer, but nothing like today's flock!

>

> Pat Grainger

> Port Townsend

>

> Sent from my iPad

>

> > On Oct 21, 2020, at 11:28 AM, Dennis Paulson <dennispaulson at comcast.net>

> wrote:

> >

> > While outside the house at about 10:30 this morning, three flocks of

> Pine Siskins totalling around 300 birds swirled around well above the house

> and then disappeared, perhaps startled by a deafening crack of thunder.

> I've seen no more than a few siskins all year until today.

> >

> > Dennis Paulson

> > Seattle

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