The NJMC's masterful bird-banding crew reports that so far this fall they have banded more than 200 Pine Siskins.
In the previous four years combined, they had banded a total of 12.
The Meadowlands Nature Blog
The NJMC's masterful bird-banding crew reports that so far this fall they have banded more than 200 Pine Siskins.
In the previous four years combined, they had banded a total of 12.
That’s very interesting. Does anyone have a theory why the numbers have so dramatically increased?
I read something on eBird about how the pine cone crops weren’t too good farther north this year, so they are coming farther south than normal this year looking for food.