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On a rainy afternoon we watched a flock of Pine Siskins hanging out along a ranch fence line in the light drizzle. When they show up in large flocks to backyard feeders or your local forest it may not be apparent but Pine Siskins are a Common Bird in Steep Decline. Pesticides, loss of habitat and predation from… Continue reading Pine Siskins: Spinus pinus

Originally posted on nature has no boss:
Middle August, the songbirds have quieted down, the waterfowl are molting, grass is drying and going to seed. The forest seem quite as we walked around the lake yet to our surprise we encountered this Lesser Yellowlegs. Hard to believe the waders and shorebirds are already migrating south and summer slipping into fall. Continue reading Lesser Yellowlegs