I was in Maine for the last couple of days and wondered if our Pine Siskin flock had dwindled at all...... Nope! I would conservatively estimate that the flock has now surpassed 400 birds! I also have several of the green morph Siskins among them. The American Goldfinch have decreased to less than 25 I'd say... the siskins are dominating everything. There was one Rusty Blackbird and 5 Common Redpoll in the trees but neither ever came down to the feeders at all. Possibly due to the warmer weather I'm seeing that the birds are not quite as intense at feeding and constantly flush all at once into the trees where they sit, sing and preen for a while before coming back down to feed for a while again. When it was cold they rarely left the feeders unless they were harrased by one of the sharpies or coopers that have also been hanging around. This afternoon they were hardly around at all. >From Jim and Carol Zipp 2-11 - Hamden Backyard - 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD, 5 COMMON REDPOLL AND 400+ PINE SISKINS The Fat Robin Wild Bird and Nature Shop 3000 Whitney Ave. Hamden, CT 06518 www.fatrobin.com 203-248-7068 Toll Free U.S. 1-866-Fat-Robin Jim Zipp Bird Photography www.JimZipp.com