Siskin

whis4ey · Post by **whis4ey** » 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

Snow · Post by **Snow** » 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!

PeggyC · Post by **PeggyC** » Jan 25, 2006 3:57 pm

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

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » Jan 25, 2006 5:28 pm

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

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Jan 26, 2006 12:36 am

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

Snow · Post by **Snow** » Jan 26, 2006 1:30 pm

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

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Jan 27, 2006 2:52 am

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

PeggyC · Post by **PeggyC** » 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...

Snow · Post by **Snow** » 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.

whis4ey · Post by **whis4ey** » 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

Snow · Post by **Snow** » 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

whis4ey · Post by **whis4ey** » 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

Snow · Post by **Snow** » 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.

Doris_J · Post by **Doris_J** » Jan 28, 2006 12:09 pm

My Siskins

whis4ey · Post by **whis4ey** » Jan 28, 2006 5:16 pm

Look like Thrushes to me Doris

Snow · Post by **Snow** » Jan 28, 2006 6:46 pm

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