Siskin

Again, today, while surveying an area of North Mayo, I came across pairs of Siskins as they came down by the roadsides gathering materials to build their nests.

Siskin

Today was a really wet miserable one with not too many people venturing out.  I decided to stay at home and just watch the birds at the bird table.  About a half dozen Siskins have arrived and are joining the Goldfinches munching peanuts to beat the band.  It is amazing how hardy birds really are, even in extremely heavy downpours of rain they just sit it out and continue to feed.