Female ?

Mech1

Hi once more,
On the feeders the male Siskin's / Gold Finches have accepted it as home, Im going through a full feeder of sunflower hearts per day but dam the expense its great to see them.

Now to the question, I assume the smaller greyer birds on the feeders are females?

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/31291759

Very grateful for the info gained on here.

Pat.

Zoo4m8

Yes, they are indeed females, it's great to see all the photos and video featuring siskins, we had a small flock at the feeders yesterday up till then we never had more than two or three.
In my (limited)experience up till a couple of years ago to see even a single Siskin was the event of the winter!

Desmo

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

Yes, they are indeed females, it's great to see all the photos and video featuring siskins, we had a small flock at the feeders yesterday up till then we never had more than two or three.
In my (limited)experience up till a couple of years ago to see even a single Siskin was the event of the winter!

I still get a nice surprise every time I see one in he garden but they are quite common in the countryside in general; it is just hard to see them when they are far away or flying over-head, unless you know the call. When they come to the garden though, you get great views and then they are hard to miss. I just saw one today at lunch time on a few alder trees near a pond. I do not know exactly why, but they seem obsessed with alders.