Comments on: Pine Siskins Irrupting All Over North Carolina http://www.greensborobirds.com/2009/01/12/pine-siskins-irrupting-all-over-north-carolina/ Birds, Bugs + Blooms in the North Carolina Piedmont Wed, 05 May 2010 20:10:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Natalie http://www.greensborobirds.com/2009/01/12/pine-siskins-irrupting-all-over-north-carolina/comment-page-1/#comment-3194 Natalie Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:41:15 +0000 http://www.greensborobirds.com/?p=983#comment-3194 I was just researching this bird a bit when I came across your blog post. I have a new house so am unfamiliar with the patterns for my area (Durham, NC) but I can't get over these Pine Siskins! I'm estimating a minimum of 50 birds but I'm not too skilled in counting large flocks and there are house & gold finches mixed in. I have two very large sock feeders which I've counted up to 14 of these birds on at a time and they swarm the ground below and a tree nearby. They drained these large sock feeders in a matter of days and have to admit, having Siskins appear to be an expensive habit! They started coming sometime around Christmas. I do think my other visitors shy away when the big flock moves in. But my cats go completely nuts looking out the window. I took a little video, it doesn't even do justice to the amount we have: http://gallery.mac.com/natalieflowers#100108 I was just researching this bird a bit when I came across your blog post. I have a new house so am unfamiliar with the patterns for my area (Durham, NC) but I can’t get over these Pine Siskins! I’m estimating a minimum of 50 birds but I’m not too skilled in counting large flocks and there are house & gold finches mixed in. I have two very large sock feeders which I’ve counted up to 14 of these birds on at a time and they swarm the ground below and a tree nearby. They drained these large sock feeders in a matter of days and have to admit, having Siskins appear to be an expensive habit! They started coming sometime around Christmas.

I do think my other visitors shy away when the big flock moves in. But my cats go completely nuts looking out the window.

I took a little video, it doesn’t even do justice to the amount we have:
http://gallery.mac.com/natalieflowers#100108

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