siskins – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Arkansas Pine Siskin Photos

By Mia McPherson|May 11th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Pine Siskins, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, Arkansas, Carduelis pinus, dark background, driftwood, feeder, finch, finches, garden, looking up, perched, Pine Siskin, post, Sebastian County, siskin, siskins, spring, urban, yard|

On my trip to Arkansas, I was been delighted to capture Pine Siskin photos. I believe there was more than one siskin frequenting my friend Steve Creek's feeders.

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Pine Siskin In A Greasewood At Farmington Bay

By Mia McPherson|October 18th, 2023|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Pine Siskins, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, Carduelis pinus, cryptic plumage, Davis County, fall, Farmington Bay WMA, Farmmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, fluttering, Greasewood, greasewoods, hidden, marsh, perched, Pine Siskin, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, shrub, siskin, siskins, Utah, wetlands, wings|

I'm always happy to have a Pine Siskin in my viewfinder. When I saw this siskin five days ago in a Greasewood, I thought about how easily they can blend in.

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Spring Pine Siskin In Sagebrush

By Mia McPherson|May 16th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Pine Siskins, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: adult, Artemisia tridentata, Big Sagebrush, Carduelis pinus, eating, foraging, forest, mountains, perched, Pine Siskin, sage, sagebrush, siskin, siskins, sky island mountains, spring|

Yesterday I mentioned that a Pine Siskin chased away the Chipping Sparrow that I shared photos of. This is that Pine Siskin perched on another sage.

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Surprise Pine Siskin

By Mia McPherson|July 8th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Pine Siskins, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, Wildflowers|Tags: adult, bee, bees, blooming, canyon, Carduelis pinus, Carduus nutans, finch, finches, flowering, mountains, Musk Thistle, nonnative, Pine Siskin, pink wildflowers, purple wildflowers, siskin, siskins, thistle, thistles, wildflowers|

Yesterday morning I was high in the Wasatch Mountains photographing bees on a Musk Thistle when a Pine Siskin landed on the flower.

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2020 Photographic Year In Review

By Mia McPherson|December 31st, 2020|Categories: Bald Eagles, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, Bushtits, Common Loons, Cooper’s Hawks, Desert Tarantulas, Eastern Kingbirds, Elk, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Ferruginous Hawks, Golden Eagles, Gray Catbirds, Great Blue Herons, Green Herons, Green-tailed Towhees, Merlins, Mountain Bluebirds, Nashville Warblers, Northern Harriers, Pine Siskins, Red Foxes, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Red-tailed Hawks, Ring-billed Gulls, Rusty Blackbirds, Short-eared Owls, Townsend's Solitaires, Uinta Ground Squirrels, Utah, Wasatch Mountains, West Desert, Wild Turkeys, Wildflowers, Yellow Warblers|Tags: 5.7 earthquake, blackbirds, bluebirds, catbirds, coronavirus, eagles, Elk, fox, ground squirrels, gulls, harriers, hawks, herons, hummingbirds, kingbirds, loons, Merlin, owls, rare birds, red tailed hawks, siskins, tarantula, towhees, turkeys, uncommon, wablers, year in review|

This is my 2020 photographic year in review. I'm selecting some of my favorite photos from 2020 and a few that just make me happy to see them.

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Cozy Red-tailed Hawks And Finches Galore

By Mia McPherson|November 23rd, 2020|Categories: American Goldfinches, Birds, Box Elder County, Pine Siskins, Red-tailed Hawks, Utah|Tags: adult, American Goldfinch, autumn, birds of prey, Box Elder County, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteos, Carduelis pinus, desert, fall, female, finch, finches, Fragrant Sumac, freshwater seep, goldfinch, goldfinches, hawk, hawks, Hawks of Utah, leafless, ledge, lichen, male, morning, nonbreeding plumage, perched, Pine Siskin, prched, raptors, Red-tailed Hawk, Rhus aromatica, rocky, seep, side by side, siskin, siskins, sky, Spinus tristis, sumac, Utah|

Yesterday morning the first birds I spotted and photographed was a pair of adult Red-tailed Hawks side by side on a rocky ledge in early morning light.

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Autumn Pine Siskins – 2020 Is An Irruption Year

By Mia McPherson|October 18th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Pine Siskins, Utah|Tags: autumn, Carduelis pinus, desert, fall, finch, finches, Fragrant Sumac, freshwater seep, irruption, irruption year, perched, Pine Siskin, Rhus aromatica, seep, siskin, siskins, sumac|

My Facebook timeline is buzzing with people posting photos of large numbers of Pine Siskins at their bird feeders across the country.

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Pine Siskin In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|August 12th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Pine Siskins, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: branch, call, canyon, Carduelis pinus, clinging, finches, irruptive, mountains, nomadic, nomads, perched, Pine Siskin, siskin, siskins, summer|

The bird activity picked up just after the sun rose over the mountains peaks and as I scanned the area for birds I spotted this Pine Siskin almost directly in front of me clinging to a small branch.

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Pine Siskin And Rose Hips In Autumn

By Mia McPherson|November 7th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Pine Siskins, Utah|Tags: autumn, Carduelis pinus, declining population, nimadic, Pine Siskin, rose bush, rose hips, siskin, siskins, wild rose|

Pine Siskins are year round residents in Utah but that doesn't mean I get to see them as often as I would like because they are nomadic by nature.

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Douglas Firs – Bird Food Grown, Stored And Served in Handy Cones

By Mia McPherson|September 15th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Daggett County, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Pine Siskins, Red Crossbills, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Stansbury Mountains, Tooele County, Trees, Utah, West Desert|Tags: autumn, Carduelis pinus, cone, crossbill, crossbills, Douglas fir, foraging, Loxia curvirostra, nuthatch, nuthatches, perched, Pine Siskin, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca, Red Crossbill, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Rocky Mountain Douglas Fir, siskin, siskins, Sitta canadensis, sunflowers|

The cones of Douglas Firs provide food for birds and mammals and the trees provide shelter and nesting areas too. I've been paying attention to the Douglas Firs we have here for several years because of the birds I know I can find eating the seeds of the trees from their cones.

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Pine Siskin Foraging In A Willow In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|July 26th, 2019|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Pine Siskins, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Carduelis pinus, foraging, Pine Siskin, siskin, siskins, willow|

I don't have many photos of siskins in my portfolio and every year I hope to add more so when I was able to photograph a Pine Siskin foraging in a willow 5 days ago I was thrilled.

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Pine Siskin Feeding On Musk Thistle Close Up

By Mia McPherson|February 21st, 2019|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Pine Siskins, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: canyon, Carduelis pinus, Carduus nutans, close up, feeding, mountains, Musk Thistle, Pine Siskin, siskin, siskins, summer, thistle|

I'm not sure I have ever been as close to a Pine Siskin as I was to this one before, I'm glad this siskin decided to delight me with its presence even though it was just for a very brief time.

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Pine Siskin Close Up Photos

By Mia McPherson|August 11th, 2018|Categories: Birds, Morgan County, Pine Siskins, Utah, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: canyon, Carduelis pinus, Carduus nutans, close up, miuntains, Musk Thistle, Pine Siskin, siskin, siskins, thistle, thistles, up close|

I am always glad when a bird unexpectedly flies in so that I can take close up photos because close ups show so much fine detail in their plumage and that is what happened earlier this week with a Pine Siskin.

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Autumn Pine Siskins at Farmington Bay WMA

By Mia McPherson|September 22nd, 2017|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Pine Siskins, Utah|Tags: adult, autumn, Carduelis pinus, Common Sunflowers, fall, finches, Helianthus annuus, marsh, Pine Siskin, siskin, siskins, wetlands, wild Sunflowers, wildflowers|

I took this photo of two Pine Siskins in the autumn of 2015 as they perched together on a wild sunflower at Farmington Bay WMA where they appeared to be having a tiff over the seeds.

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Pine Siskin in Clark County, Idaho

By Mia McPherson|April 11th, 2015|Categories: Birds, Clark County, Idaho, Pine Siskins, Targhee National Forest|Tags: adult, Carduelis pinus, finches, forest, irruptive, mountains, perched, pine chirper, Pine Siskin, siskin, siskins|

Last year in May on my first trip of the year up to Montana and Idaho I was able to take a few images of Pine Siskins in Clark County, Idaho.

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Pine Siskins

By Mia McPherson|February 12th, 2012|Categories: Ashley National Forest, Birds, High Uintas, Pine Siskins, Utah|Tags: adult, camping, Carduelis pinus, finch, finches, forest, high Uintas, mountains, Mule Ears, perched, siskin, siskins, Uintahs, Utah, Wyethia amplexicaulis|

While exploring the area and it's breath taking beauty I spotted a large flock of Pine Siskins feeding on the seedheads of Mule Ears (Wyethia amplexicaulis).

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