Posted for Jay - 4/30 - Confirmed nesting of Pine Siskin in Canton. A healthy fledgling was brought to Roaring Brook Nature Center this morning. Bird was returned immediately to where it was found. Jay Kaplan Canton

Hi Folks I have been watching the flow of records of Pine Siskins. For the past week or so Most of the records have been 2 to 3 birds at a time. Does any one have any flocks of 10 or more around? Are these small groups nesting pairs with young? Records of 10 or more Pine Siskins seen at one time. 165—16 Apr Hamden Jim Zipp 10—17 Apr Shelton Mark Jankura 50—18 Apr Guilford Amy Hopkins 12—18 Apr Litchfield Dave Rosgen 22—19 Apr Winchester Dave Rosgen 15—22 Apr Seymour Renee Rausch 130—22 Apr Sterling Robert Dixon 81—24 Apr Sterling Robert Dixon 110—27 Apr Sterling Robert Dixon Dennis Varza Fairfield On Apr 30, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Greg Hanisek wrote: > Posted for Jay - > > 4/30 - Confirmed nesting of Pine Siskin in Canton. A healthy > fledgling was brought to Roaring Brook Nature Center this morning. > Bird was returned immediately to where it was found. > > Jay Kaplan > Canton > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association > (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/ > mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

Dennis and all. I haven't reported them lately but Carol and I just counted about 50 siskins. They are not at the feeders all day any more and are feeding more heavily in the mornings and then sporadically later on. We still see siskins on our walks in the woods out back in addition to our yard at the feeders. These guys are still going through several pounds of nyjer a day. With all the noise and birds we haven't noticed any nesting behavior but I suspect they might not want to nest where so many birds are still congregating. Jim The Fat Robin Wild Bird and Nature Shop 3000 Whitney Ave. Hamden, CT 06518 www.fatrobin.com 203-248-7068 Toll Free U.S. 1-866-Fat-Robin Jim Zipp Bird Photography www.JimZipp.com ________________________________ From: Dennis Varza <dennisvz@optonline.net> To: Greg Hanisek <ghanisek@rep-am.com>; Posting Bird List <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Friday, May 1, 2009 7:49:37 AM Subject: Re: [CT Birds] siskin nesting Hi Folks I have been watching the flow of records of Pine Siskins. For the past week or so Most of the records have been 2 to 3 birds at a time. Does any one have any flocks of 10 or more around? Are these small groups nesting pairs with young? Records of 10 or more Pine Siskins seen at one time. 165—16 Apr Hamden Jim Zipp 10—17 Apr Shelton Mark Jankura 50—18 Apr Guilford Amy Hopkins 12—18 Apr Litchfield Dave Rosgen 22—19 Apr Winchester Dave Rosgen 15—22 Apr Seymour Renee Rausch 130—22 Apr Sterling Robert Dixon 81—24 Apr Sterling Robert Dixon 110—27 Apr Sterling Robert Dixon Dennis Varza Fairfield On Apr 30, 2009, at 4:21 PM, Greg Hanisek wrote: > Posted for Jay - > > 4/30 - Confirmed nesting of Pine Siskin in Canton. A healthy fledgling was brought to Roaring Brook Nature Center this morning. Bird was returned immediately to where it was found. > > Jay Kaplan > Canton > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org