Hallson Gardens

Posted: **Jan 25, 2006 9:50 am**

This is a pic of what I believe to be a male Siskin, a type of Greenfinch
Taken with my new camera
Still loads of room for improvement

Posted: **Jan 25, 2006 3:14 pm**

Considering that (to me at least) birds are THE single most difficult subject to photograph - that's pretty cool!

Posted: **Jan 25, 2006 3:57 pm**

I agree with Snow... birds are extremely difficult to photograph. Its a good picture Sam!

Posted: **Jan 25, 2006 5:28 pm**

I never get my birds, so yep Sam.....Nice!!

Posted: **Jan 26, 2006 12:36 am**

Keep em comming Sam. It's always nice to see the birds from other lands.

Posted: **Jan 26, 2006 1:30 pm**

Would you all like me to make several confusing posts about siskins?

Posted: **Jan 27, 2006 2:52 am**

But of course! No point in stopping our confusion now.

Posted: **Jan 27, 2006 1:50 pm**

Snow... actually I was hoping you would! So these are related to our finches? our siskins? Instead of me going off and researching, could you just please spoon feed me the info?

I have some pictures that look similar but I'm not sure if they are gold finches or pine siskins...

Posted: **Jan 27, 2006 3:39 pm**

What you have there Peg are some American Goldfinches in their winter garb

Pine Siskins are indeed finches - closely related to goldfinches and redpolls. In fact, it is said that if you have a lot of pine siskins, the redpolls will move along elsewhere, as they compete for the same food and the siskins are the more aggressive. I have seen both together briefly - on the rare occasions that redpolls come down from the north woods in winter.

Posted: **Jan 27, 2006 6:37 pm**

Snow ... you are absolutely correct when you say that the Siskins are more aggressive
I have one pic which shows a Siskin being really vicious with an approaching BlueTit which tried to join the feeding tray. Unfortunately it is totally out of focus, otherwise it would have been a tremendous picture

Posted: **Jan 27, 2006 8:53 pm**

Yup - and they arent all that "pretty" as birds go, so we tend to wish they'd let the more colorful birds have a chance at the feeder

Posted: **Jan 28, 2006 7:17 am**

This is pic which didnt come out well. You can see the fury at the little BlueTit. It may be a GreenFinch instead of a Siskin ... hard to tell here

Posted: **Jan 28, 2006 10:54 am**

You folks over there have the cutest tits

Seriously - I would love to have that variety of titmice at my feeders.

Posted: **Jan 28, 2006 12:09 pm**

My Siskins

Posted: **Jan 28, 2006 5:16 pm**

Look like Thrushes to me Doris

Posted: **Jan 28, 2006 6:46 pm**

Those are our pine siskins, Sam. About the size of a goldfinch, and very nondescript. And very piggish