This bird is an adult male pine siskin. The pine siskin is a close relative to the American goldfinch with which it is easily confused. The slender pointed beak of the pine siskin is perfect for ...

No sooner do I fill bird feeders than pine siskins swarm around me, alighting on feeding perches within arm’s reach. On a frigid morning, I held out my hand with a palmful of birdseed. A finch ...

CHATHAM, N.Y. As the moody month of March oscillates between cold wintery days and days of warm sunshine, tree buds swell, lawns turn greenish and blackbirds herald the dawn. Spring is coming, but ...

Winter finches are falling prey to salmonella passed through bird feeders in Oregon. The Portland Audubon Society has seen a recent rise in salmonella symptoms in birds, particularly the pine siskin, ...

This must be said about the pine siskin. It is a plain bird. There is more to say about the siskin, though-about how it looks and acts and sounds and, finally, about some mysteries surrounding it. The ...

One of the species that I saw in 2018 was a pine siskin. This is one of those rare visitors in November that can make or break a list. On Nov. 9, I saw (and photographed) a lone siskin among a flock ...

I think everyone here in the Seacoast area has noticed the huge amount of white pine cones produced this year. Large quantities litter the ground. Red squirrel middens — piles of cones stripped of ...

Winter finches are falling prey to salmonella passed through bird feeders in Oregon. The Portland Audubon Society has seen a recent rise in salmonella symptoms in birds, particularly the pine siskin, ...

Maintaining and observing a bird feeder throughout the winter can sound like a generous and kindly activity to help birds cope with the cold season. Though the seeds that we place on the feeder and ...

STATELINE, Nev. — An outbreak of salmonella is killing finches across the western United States, including birds in the Lake Tahoe region, wildlife officials say. The Tahoe Institute for Natural ...