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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As seems to be the case more and more often, March went out with a bang. And, in agreement with my assessment of the year from last week’s column, it seems only fitting that we experienced our most ...

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Like many Northlanders, I keep bird feeders going all winter. I find interesting and entertaining the antics of the birds and squirrels that come to visit throughout the cold season. Looking out to ...

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 ...

The best view of a pine siskin is from behind with its wings spread. That way, the brilliant yellow patches show in the bird's wings and tail and clinch the bird's identification. From any other angle ...

I wandered deep into a spruce fir forest, far from a road, not far from a small lake, and sat down in the shadows to see what would happen. In just a few minutes, a party broke out -- a dinner party.

A healthy Pine Siskin sits on a branch. There has been a disease spreading through bird feeders and birdbaths that is mostly affecting these birds. There's been an uptick of people across Texas ...

IF YOU ARE PRONE to looking up as you walk (or pedal or drive) among trees, you may have noticed a bumper crop of cones clinging to the highest branches of white pine trees this summer and fall.