Pine Siskins Don't Share Very Well Either
The recent touch of cold weather with snow for a few days resulted in much more activity at our bird feeders than normal, which actually sees lots of feathered friends any given day.
One of the less popular visitors are the Pine Siskins, which I dislike nearly as much as the Starlings. My dislike is twofold, firstly they travel in HUGE flocks, at one time no less than 100 descended on the feeders during the snow. That number has dwindled, but there will still be 30+ anytime they do show up.
The second reason for my dislike of these little fellows, is their ATTITUDE, which as the above photos show, is extended to each other, and not just 'birds of another feather'. I am sure that some of these feisty fellows expend as much energy driving others away from the food source as they gain from eating. They are also not intimidated by birds twice their size either and some of the bossier ones will chase off the much larger Toews.
If they arrived in lesser numbers, and left some of the attitude behind, they could be welcome as they are quite colorful with a striking flash of yellow, and they behave as if the bird seed had been laced with speed or at the very least large doses of caffeine..... GRIN
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