Someone had inquired as to whether or not I was impying that pine siskins are breeding in the area. Thought it might be worthy of discussion as I know little about the habits of pine siskins.
The pine siskins I see on South Mountain near Boonsboro, MD throughout the year are in small flocks. As they are in flocks I doubt those birds are actively engaged in any activity that would indicate local breeding. When I lived in the area they never appeared at my feeders during the summer, I only ever saw them on the ridge.
My guess is its a wandering portion of a non-breeding population or they are finished or have not yet started breeding.
My hope is that eventually I'll begin a banding operation that might give a little more insight as to their appearance at the wrong time.
Steve Huy
Frederick, MD
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