Pine Siskin
| Spinus pinus | Order: Passeriformes | Family: Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) |
Spinus pinus
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies)
This tiny finch is irruptive, and may appear in a given area in large numbers or not at all during winter. Feeds on nyjer and sunflower at feeders, and is vulnerable to diseases in spring when spilled seeds get rotten and moldy.
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- For the Finches: How Lillian Stokes and Matt Young connected thanks to Red Crossbills 2024
- May Day! 2024
- Warm Winter 2024
- Heartbreak on Peabody Street 2023
- Superb Owl Sunday 2023 2023
- My Most Colorful Spring and an Adorable Little Despot 2022
- Celebrating Individuals 2022
- Sounds of Early Spring 2022
- Bird Feeding, Part I: Bird Seed 2022
- April Update 2021
- Salmonella outbreak 2021
- Birds, and One Birder, in the News 2021
- Evening Grosbeak 2021
- Hanging Together 2020
- A Finchy Fall 2020
- November Pleasures 2020
- October Snow! 2020
- Backyard Fun 2020
- The Crowded Outdoors 2020
- 2019 Great Backyard Bird Count! 2019
- Individuals vs Populations 2018
- Where are all the birds? 2018
- First Warbler Walk of the year 2017
- Where Are the Birds? Part 2 2017
- Where Are the Birds? Part I 2017
- Thomas Spence's beautiful, pale Pine Siskin 2017
- Moseying through the Bog 2017
- The Cruelty of an April Wind 2016
- My little girl 2016
- Peabody Street Robins 2015
- Window Collisions Part 2 2015
- Stupid Is as Stupid Does 2015
- Hawk Ridge Update 2014
- This Frigid Winter 2014
- 2012: Early Spring 2012
- Redpoll 2011
- New Year's Day predictions based on your first bird of the year, Part II 2011
- New Year's Day predictions based on your first bird of the year 2011
- Winter Bird Movements 2010
- Salmonella Outbreak, 2009 2009
- Beware the Ideas of March 2009
- March: the Annual Betrayal of the Weather Gods 2009
- Pine Siskin 2009
- Spring Update 2006 2006
- Christmas Bird Count 2005 2005
- Signs of Spring 2005 2005
- Sick Birds 2005
- Birds in the News 2005
- Great Backyard Bird Count, 2005 2005
- This Winter 2005
- Cold Birds 2005
- Winter's start 2003
- Changing Bird Numbers 2003
- November 2003
- Common Grackle 2003
- Feeding Birds in August, Part II 2002
- Why Birds? 2001
- Winter bird activity 2001
- Christmas Bird Count 2000
- Pine Siskin 2000
- Baby Birds, Part II 2000
- Summer Feeding 2000
- Cats 2000
- Pine Siskin and Baker's Blue Jay Barn (Placeholder) 1999
- Book Review: T. S. Roberts's The Birds of Minnesota 1999
- Birding on Skis 1999
- Fewer Birds 1999
- Winter Finches 1997
- Summer of the Siskin 1997
- Spring is here—almost 1997
- Lakewood Pumping Station 1996
- Baby Bird Week II 1996
- Baby Siskin 1996
- Spring Arrives 1996
- Siskins and Redpolls (Placeholder) 1996
- Redpolls 1995
- Bird Feeding 1995
- Lakewood Pumping Station 1995
- Good news about one little hummingbird 1995
- Baby Birds 1995
- Betsy the Wonder Puppy 1995
- House Finch 1995
- Siskins and Crows 1995
- Signs of Spring 1995
- Neighborliness 1995
- Signs of Spring 1995
- T.S. Roberts (Placeholder) 1995
- Isabella Christmas Bird Count 1995 1995
- Pine Siskins 1995
- Summer bird feeders 1994
- Pine Siskins (Placeholder) 1994
- Interest in birds 1994
- Feeding birds in winter 1994
- Fall Bird Feeding 1992
- How to Count Birds 1990
- Pine Siskin 1990
- Katie's Birthday 1989
- Winter Bird Contest 1989
- Winter Hush 1989
- Winter Bird Contest 1989 1989
- Migration Madness 1989
- Children and Birds (Placeholder) 1989
- Birds Laura Is Taking Care Of (Placeholder) 1989
- Elderhostel 1989
- Baby Siskin 1989
- Summertime 1989
- Wild Canaries 1989
- Where were the finches? 1989
- Migration Update 1989
- White-crowned Sparrow 1989
- Early Spring Songs 1989
- Spring is on its way 1989
- Last Day of Winter Bird Contest 1989
- Bird Report 1989
- Pine Siskin 1989
- Contest update 1989
- Attracting Birds 1989
- Feeder contest 1989
- Christmas Bird Count 1988 1988
- Identifying birds in flight 1988
- Eating out of your hand 1988
- WHOA! Big Day at the Pumping Station 1988
- Fire and Birds 1988
- Migration Update 1988
- Pine Siskin 1988
- Signs of Spring 1988
- Red Crossbills 1988
- Caring for Injured Birds 1988
- Lakewood Pumping Station Numbers from Last Fall 1988
- Sounds of Winter (reworked) 1988
- Common Redpoll 1988
- Pine Siskin 1988
- Why Birds Attract People 1988
- American Goldfinch 1988
- Wild Canaries 1987
- Winter Finches 1987
- Fall Feeding 1986
- Wild Canaries 1986