Siskin

[pakaba]

I JUST SEEN MY FIRST SISKIN ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

A month ago on the goldfinch thread i said i had never seen one... and there he was 3 minutes ago on my feeders, and taking a  drink... sorry no photo but will grab the camera and hope for the best he comes back.

He was so  bright i couldn't miss him.

Paula

[pakaba]

[Carol]

Aren't they lovely 'neat' little birds.  Hope you manage to get a pic of one.  One sat still for me last year while I took its picture.  They are not as jumpy as some garden birds.

;D ;D ;D

[Paulines7]

I am very pleased for you Pakaba.  Now that he has found your feeders he will be back I am sure and you may find he brings a few mates along too.   ;D ;D

[pakaba]

OOOH I do hope so Pauline  :)

I have now managed to get a photo,  the feeder is quite a way from the house, fine for my binoculars, but not the zoom on the camera, so as my 3 year old would say 'i played sneeking' I crept out the front door, around the side of the house, into the back garden and managed to sneek up on him and take a couple of fairly terrible photos.  As you said Carol he wasn't too jumpy, just more interested in the niger seed :)

I have now finally sent Dan his donation so will have to sit and wait for him to authorise my Pics facility.

P.

[Toadspawn]

When do Siskins stop feeding on Niger seed and sunflower hearts in particular and also whole peanuts and home-made fat cakes ? I still get up to 50 (seriously) every day on the feeders.

Also 5 Goldfinches still feeding on a daily basis.

Something quite surprising was the appearance yesterday of a pair of Yellow Hammers for the first time. They picked up seeds scattered on the lawn.  The male has a wonderful yellow head.

[Carol]

Good grief  TS  thats a he** of a lot of Siskins.  You must be near some woods are you?  They will go soon unless they all decide to breed over here.  They are migrant visitors usually.

I get the Yellowhammers as well, male n female.  She is quite dull compared to him with his bright yellow 'hood'.  There is a 'yellowhammer' thread further down from me complete with picture of one.

Try and keep feeding them all until the breeding season is past.  There is a lack of natural food out there and they are dependent on all our feeding stations until there is more seeds etc. out in the countryside.