Pine Siskin
Spinus pinus
(L 5" WS 9" WT 0.53 oz)
Morton Arboretum
Lisle, IL
22Dec10
The most common and
very gregarious “winter
finch”.
very gregarious “winter
finch”.
Starved Rock State
Park
Park
Utica, IL
13Feb2011
Photos are of females
...males have a yellow
wing bar.
...males have a yellow
wing bar.
Spinus in Greek means a bird
mentioned by Aristophanes,
Dionysius, Claudius Aelianus,
Heschius et al; pinus in Latin
means pine tree.
mentioned by Aristophanes,
Dionysius, Claudius Aelianus,
Heschius et al; pinus in Latin
means pine tree.
© Cornell
Ornithology
Ornithology
© Audubon
Society
Society
Wisdom teaches us that none but
birds should go out early, and that
not even birds should do it unless
they are out of worms.
birds should go out early, and that
not even birds should do it unless
they are out of worms.
(Mark Twain)