15 October 2026 (a single siskin)

a single siskin the buzz of autumn leaves

11 October 2026 (northerly wind)

northerly wind

a flock of siskins unzips

the spruce cones

18 March 2023 (siskin)

siskin cacophony . . .

catkins opening

on the fallen aspen

9 March 2023 (opening)

opening a door

to the buzz of siskins

a few slow snowflakes

28 April 2022 (siskin)

the siskin’s song

unzipping

a flap of birch bark

3 January 2022 (feeder)

everyone’s abuzz

about the coming snowstorm

feeder finches

20 October 2020 (siskins)

snow in the mountains

a flock of siskins

crowds the feeder

February 5: Bird flurry

Flurry of siskins

flocks the snowy feeder--

a bright storm of birds.

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December 27: Riders on the storm

A nor'easter sent snow and freezing rain gusting around my office today. I live too close to work for the weather to be an excuse not to show up, and we didn't lose power, so I put in a full day there. I was, however, pleasantly distracted for much of that time by the birds flocking my tiny window feeders. The regulars--chickadees and titmice--showed up, of course, and what I think is a solitary White-breasted Nuthatch. And then some finches I hadn't seen in a while made an unexpected appearance: goldfinches, their yellow throats looking positively sunny against the snow, Pine Siskins, and at least three redpolls--a boreal visitor I've only had at my feeders a couple times before. The finches chattered away as they chowed down; I could hear them through the window despite the roar of the wind.

Redpolls peck seed from snow.
I catch myself thinking
of raspberries.

Redpoll visitor from last year (window too splattered with snow to get a photograph today!)