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Carduelis pinus
This small, sparrow-sized finch is heavily streaked below and brown and tan patterned above with a yellowish tint. Wing feathers are yellowish.
Coniferous forests in North America.
Spotted on Mar 6, 2012
Submitted on May 7, 2012
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This particular siskin was in a mixed flock of black-capped chickadees and common redpolls. I had a lot of fun photographing all three on this day.
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I love these little birds. Last winter our flocks of Pine Siskins were joined by a few Common Redpolls, which are not common here!