It is a rainy, misty morning here in Atlanta. Pam and I got up a little late and noticed a huge number of birds in the yard. We weren’t sure what they were but our thought is that they are Pine Siskin. What do you think?
Swarming The Sweetgum
The birds were all over the seed pods of the big Sweetgum trees we have, hanging upside down on them and pecking away. I tried to get some pictures but they were too far away and the camera didn’t focus too well, at least on full auto. Then, all of a sudden they all flew to the platform feeder and began eating. I managed to get a couple of pictures before they flew off. Now the question is, what were they?
Bird Identification Time
Pam thought they might be Pine Siskin right off the bat. I wasn’t so sure. I uploaded the clearest picture I had to flickr. here it is:
After looking at the picture and our Kaufman Field Guide to Birds of North America
Are We Correct
What do you think? Are these Pine Siskin, or maybe a bunch of Goldfinches? They seem to have too much streaking on them to be Goldfinches. But, we’ve only been birdirs for 4 weeks so we very easily could be wrong. My guess is that once again, Pam’s intial guess is right and I was wrong (as usual) 
