pine siskin
noun
: a North American finch (Spinus pinus of the family Fringillidae) with streaked plumage
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Dark-eyed juncos and pine siskins, while present year-round in the Bay Area, likewise appear more numerous, with their populations also swollen by additional arrivals from the north.
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Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
Their small seed clusters also attract birds like the goldfinch, redpolls, chickadees, and pine siskins.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
Irruptions also occur periodically with other northern bird species, including the red crossbill, common redpoll, hoary redpoll, evening grosbeak and pine siskin.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
Connecticut warblers in Sharon, Squantum Point Park in Squantum, the Cornelia & Richardson White Woodsin Cohasset, a mourning warbler in Sharon, and an early pine siskin at Moose Hill Sanctuary in Sharon in Sharon.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
Being seen are representatives from eight finch species: pine siskin, common redpoll, hoary redpoll, purple finch, pine grosbeak, evening grosbeak, red crossbill, and white-winged crossbill, plus red-breasted nuthatch.
—Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020
For lesser gold finch, American gold finch and pine siskin, use Nyjer seed in a screen feeder.
—Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2019
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Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
Their small seed clusters also attract birds like the goldfinch, redpolls, chickadees, and pine siskins.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
Irruptions also occur periodically with other northern bird species, including the red crossbill, common redpoll, hoary redpoll, evening grosbeak and pine siskin.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 22 Nov. 2022
Connecticut warblers in Sharon, Squantum Point Park in Squantum, the Cornelia & Richardson White Woodsin Cohasset, a mourning warbler in Sharon, and an early pine siskin at Moose Hill Sanctuary in Sharon in Sharon.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
Being seen are representatives from eight finch species: pine siskin, common redpoll, hoary redpoll, purple finch, pine grosbeak, evening grosbeak, red crossbill, and white-winged crossbill, plus red-breasted nuthatch.
—Star Tribune, 22 Dec. 2020
For lesser gold finch, American gold finch and pine siskin, use Nyjer seed in a screen feeder.
—Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2019
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