Flickr just has ‘woodpecker’ on everything. A Siskin, oh, they are such pretty little birds, and not disturbed by much when there’s food around. I’ve gotten very close to Pine Siskins here, you have to pretty much be on top of them for them to be alarmed at all.
Yup, siskin, one of the smallest birds in central Europe. I haven’t seen those around this year yet. Maybe more birds will come now when it is freezing again.
Ice Swimmersays
Cute woodland camouflage. In Finnish it’s called vihervarpunen (vihreä = green, varpunen = sparrow). Here they are mostly migratory birds.
Giliell, professional cynic -Ilk- says
It’s a siskin.
Did the effing flickr swallow my edits again?
Caine says
Flickr just has ‘woodpecker’ on everything. A Siskin, oh, they are such pretty little birds, and not disturbed by much when there’s food around. I’ve gotten very close to Pine Siskins here, you have to pretty much be on top of them for them to be alarmed at all.
Charly says
Yup, siskin, one of the smallest birds in central Europe. I haven’t seen those around this year yet. Maybe more birds will come now when it is freezing again.
Ice Swimmer says
Cute woodland camouflage. In Finnish it’s called vihervarpunen (vihreä = green, varpunen = sparrow). Here they are mostly migratory birds.
StevoR says
Siskin? Hadn’t heard of those before -- thanks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siskin
Sure seem to be a lot of varieties here from Andean to Yellow-rumped!
I was vaguely thinking Golden Whistler (Pachycephala pectoralis) but that’s an Aussie species.
Good photos too esp that second one.