SUMMERTIME PINE SISKIN IN MAINE

Siskins are the greatest wanderers of the carduelin finches. But when it comes time to pause and raise a family, you'll usually find them in northern or high altitude forests. This bird was photographed in Sandy River Township in northwestern Maine in ear

Scrappy pine siskin successfully fends off a larger house finch

Although the tiniest of our finches, the pine siskin seldom backs down to larger finches when challenged for its space on the thistle seed feeder.

Pine siskin on a bird board in the boreal forest