October 8, 2026
𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩!
𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑛…
Nature Done Wright
Incorporating the Celery Farm and Screech Owl Companion blogs
January 4, 2013
Mystery Solved?
This was the final Monday Morning Mystery, and a tough one because you really can't see the wing bars… Patrick Carney and Peggy Woods think it's a Pine Siskin, and I think they are right. (Thanks, Patrick and Peggy!)
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I got it from the beak; a Pine Siskin beak appears much pointier than the beak of similar species, like House Finch females.
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A great quick way to identify pine siskins in awkward poses or from uncomfortable angles is to look at the wing length: these guys have incredibly long wings, nicely visible in this photo.
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Patrick Carney
I got it from the beak; a Pine Siskin beak appears much pointier than the beak of similar species, like House Finch females.
Rick Wright
A great quick way to identify pine siskins in awkward poses or from uncomfortable angles is to look at the wing length: these guys have incredibly long wings, nicely visible in this photo.