Make that two Siskins. I was standing in the doorway, less than three feet
from the feeder, when they came down to eat. They didn't seem at all
concerned with my presence - looked at me a couple of times but kept eating.
I've only seen them in the tops of trees before. Made my day.
fdp
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> Subject: [MDOSPREY] exploding finches - got my Siskin!
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> I was about to grab one of these G-finches and paint stripes on it, but
> finally a real Siskin showed up. Actually I thought I saw one earlier, but
> the combination of dirty window and having my computer glasses on at the
> time cast some doubt. This time I got a good look.
>
> That's #61 for the balcony bird/desktop list.
>
> fdp Clary's Forest
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