Pine Siskins are small, brown-streaked birds, just like female House Finches. They also have hints of yellow on their wings and tails, thus the goldfinch reference. In addition, they have deeply ...

They might also forage close to heavier-beaked birds, picking up the fragments of larger seeds that they can’t crack themselves. Another sure-fire way to tell if you have Pine Siskins in your ...

When wildlife illustrator Emily Poole found a dead pine siskin behind her local bookstore in Eugene, Oregon, in January, she called her partner, who works at a bird-feeding supply store.

The Portland Audubon Society has seen a recent rise in salmonella symptoms in birds, particularly the pine siskin, one of the many finch species migrating south in search of food. For the pine ...

Two or three weeks ago, a pine siskin showed up at a bird feeder in our backyard. Within a few days, we had eight. And rather than eating and running, the gang has hung around, stuffing themselves ...

These birds are perfectly suited to survive the harsh winter climate of the boreal forest; cold and snow do not bother them, but food availability does. We are seeing an irruption of pine siskins ...

pine siskins, cedar waxwings, Townsend’s and yellow-rumped warblers, and ruby-crowned kinglets. So there are plenty of birds to attract to your yard in winter. How should you do it? A sunflower ...

A tube feeder or a platform feeder is ideal for dispensing black oil sunflower seeds, as it allows easy access for both small and larger birds. Nyjer Seeds for Goldfinches and Pine Siskins Nyjer ...

Three years ago, massive flocks of pine siskins converged on my bird feeders. The thumb-size, streaked brown birds swirled around my head and fed out of my hand back then. Such a southward ...

Last week, Chenango County resident and Chenango County Bird Club member Michael Foor-Pessin shared a chance bird irruption and sightings of the juvenile Pine Siskins. It has been two decades ...

The year the bird was banded in Maryland saw one of the largest southward irruptions by pine siskins every documented, as the cone crop in their Canada range collapses.