[TopOfUtah] Unusually high numbers of Pine Siskins

[val grant]

Jason Pietrzak wrote:

> I've been getting good numbers of House FInches, Goldfinches, and Pine 
> Siskins at my feeder lately, like 10-20 of each at any given time. 
> This morning, however, I was really surprised to see that my feeders 
> had attracted all of the Siskins in Logan - probably over 100 Pine 
> Siskins!!! The feeders were covered, the grounds were covered, and the 
> trees were full of little tiny birds (as opposed to the typical 
> Starlings). It was pretty awesome!
>
> Jason Pietrzak
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Jason, you don't have them all cuz I do. OK, so they don't stay around 
all day, but as you say, there's beaucoup siskins this year (the basis 
for quantity is according to Pete Kung: a couple, a few, some, alot , 
beaucoup, a buttload and a bijillion).  Also had one male Cassin's finch 
in the yard yesterday afternoon.   val