Pine Siskins! Have you seen them at your feeder?

[@marycerrone3281]

My cat and me love watching your videos.

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

That's awesome!

[@noahs07208]

I love the little argument with the junco

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

That's a good way to put it :)

[@mamaboocee]

Lol, the junco is making the star wars shooting sound!! They are neat little birds!!

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

That is the star wars sound :)

[@vera214T]

They are so territorial. No I haven’t seen any at my feeder. Thanks for the video.

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Thanks for watching!

[@experiencewonder]

Great video!! Thanks for sharing!

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Thanks for watching!

[@litalewis8425]

Lol! I don't remember them having such an outgoing personality! I'll have to pay more attention! 😊 Nice video 💛

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Thank you!

[@canadiankabingurl9782]

So cute. I have these here in Northeastern Ontario

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Very cute

[@gypsyrhodescovers]

I've never seen them here in South Carolina. They are adorable!

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Agreed

[@terrilynn27allen88]

I have seen them but now I know their name. Thank you.

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Thank you for watching

[@terrilynn27allen88]

@@BirdsWalkingDown your welcome.

[@ktjankabar]

Wow, that was pretty cool. They sure are aggressive protecting their food!

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Yes they are!

[@lichterloh9536]

I have them as well here in Germany / Europe - swarms of them during winter times and local birds before and after breeding time. I have more males though while you have more females. My biggest swarm was way more than a hundred birds for several days and I can tell you: Though they eat the cheap sunflower seeds such a huge crowd eats 3 pounds and more per day and become expensive guests very fast! Love your footage!

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Wow, that is a lot. Thank you for watching

[@dallasrailfan3345]

Love these guys! Always hogging the feeder!

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Always!

[@1savdsoul439]

First year having Siskins. My Chickadees may have been run off by them? We have three collard pigeons this year. So many birds come now, four years in. I faced my one sided feeder toward my house under my deck. My 3 little dogs and I sit in bed and watch them bathe and eat. God puts on the best shows🙏🙌

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Pine Siskins can be quite active and sometimes competitive at feeders. Chickadees are resilient and might come back once the activity calms down a bit. You could try placing an additional feeder with different food to attract the Chickadees specifically.

[@margiestephens8977]

No, haven't seen Siskins but just today my Bluebird family started building their nest in the family Homebox in East Central Alabama

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

That's awesome

[@susana.954]

Beautiful footage!! Thank you so much for sharing! Is there a juvenile pine siskin at 1:45? I noticed that recently fledged House Finches also tend to have little tufts of feathers on top of their heads. I never had the pleasure of seeing a Pine Siskin at my bird feeder. The only finches I get are House Finches; they are so sweet and chatty :-)

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

I hadn't noticed that, but you might be right

[@TheMotorick]

They look like mini Brown Thrashers. I don't remember seeing them in my yard.

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Hopefully you will

[@mc12358]

I had a few sneak in with the dozens of Purple Finches during the irruption last year, and I was very excited because it was the first time I had seen Pine Siskins in my home County (another tick on the ol' County list!) No finches at all this year, it's very unusual that I haven't even seen at least a few Goldfinches by February!

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Thanks for sharing!

[@minxella12]

Haven't seen them in a few years but they come around in the winter, yes they are aggressive. They will take the feeders over and other birds seem afraid of them.

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Thank you for watching

[@WhistlesToAnimals]

I've seen them at my place at least two times. And they came solo, not in a group. I was careful to ID them with my 40X zoom camera, so I'm pretty sure I know what it was these. It could be easy to think it is a goldfinch in the colder months (when goldfinches aren't bright) if you aren't zoomed in on them. One way they are so different is how friendly they can be. I've seen pine siskins in a big group eating from someone's hands. Goldfinches seem to be way way shyer, near cardinal level shy. Seem to be at the opposite side of the spectrum in that area.

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Thank you for sharing

[@MunchkinMoD]

Nope, I have never seen any at my feeders. ☹️ Maybe one day, you never know with birds though.

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Hopefully you will

[@MunchkinMoD]

@@BirdsWalkingDown me to! 😁

[@coldspring624]

A few in early winter but when winter really kicks in 30 to 40 at a time is common in the UP

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Wow, that's a lot

[@heavenonearthhoetv9271]

man, what a prime camera POV! does the grapefruit and orange get much attention from the birds?

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

I put the orange trying to attract Baltimore Orioles migrating, but I never got one. You can see my camera setup at birds.walkingdown.com/4k-close-up-camera-setup

[@BirdBath1]

😎👍

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Thank you!

[@BryWorYT]

A flock of Pine Siskins has taken over my finch feeders for the past week. Some Common Redpolls also but they mostly pick-up what drops to the ground. The Siskins are very aggressive. The larger male House Finches will stand up to them but the American Goldfinches barely get a look in. I switched to a mix of fine sunflower chips and Nyjer seed served in tube feeders this winter because the Goldfinches were showing little interest in Nyjer alone. The Siskins are not so picky and readily eat the discarded Nyjer seed accumulating in the feeder spill trays. I've just put out a mesh feeder with Nyjer only to see if it can help to lure some of the Siskins away from the tube feeders.

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Thank you for sharing

[@ABirdersParadise]

Yeah, I've had flocks of 30+ before. They can empty a full feeder in 1 or 2 hours. Most of it ends up on the ground though.

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

No doubt, they can eat a lot

[@jdschini]

I haven’t seen any of these feisty little guys yet. I would say “sharing” is not one of their stone points.

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

You're right about that ;)

[@vera214T]

That’s for sure! Lol

[@kateclark7250]

Feisty, aren't they?

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Yes, very

[@Illinoisoutdoorsvids]

I saw one for about 2 minutes. None since!

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Glad you saw one!

[@litalewis8425]

I discovered pine siskins a couple of years ago. At first thought they were goldfinch! They were all together! Cool! But wish someone would tell me how to get rid of these MESSY starlings!!! They flock, eat all the food and leave an awful mess behind on the deck and in the heated water bowl!!!! 😤 Any tips? It's so cold here in Michigan I hate to stop putting out food right now. 🙁

[@BirdsWalkingDown]

Very cool! I don't know about the starlings