A group of Pine Siskins visited, sharing food with Juncos and Goldfinches. It is funny to see them somewhat get along because Pine Siskins and Goldfinches can be quite feisty despite their small size. The Siskins and Juncos will soon start migrating north.
Elisabetta Trevisan is a painter, illustrator of magazines, children’s books and animated films. However, she has devoted her life mainly to painting. She uses mixed media such as watercolor, pastel, gouache done in fabrics, wood, glass and mural surfaces.
"A typical summer sight is a male American Goldfinch flying over a meadow, flashing golden in the sun, calling perchickory as it bounds up and down in flight. In winter, when males and females alike are colored in subtler brown, flocks of goldfinches congregate in weedy fields and at feeders, making musical and plaintive calls. In most regions this is a late nester, beginning to nest in mid-summer, perhaps to assure a peak supply of late-summer seeds for feeding its young."