Date:         Tue, 19 Dec 2000 17:00:26 -0500
Reply-To:     Brad_Bergstrom <bergstrm@valdosta.edu>
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From:         Brad_Bergstrom <bergstrm@VALDOSTA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Siskin
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Bill Elrick wrote:

> Hi,
>  1.20 pm today the first Siskin turned up at my thistle feeder.
>  Bill Elrick
>  Cumming
>  Forsyth

I'll post this for Annette Bittaker of Douglas (who I don't believe is on
GABO), who also saw her first Pine Siskins of the year today, and in fact
the first of the past three winters, at her feeders.  Another hint of
perhaps an invasion year of this and other species.

We're awaiting confirmation of a Black-chinned Hummer here in Valdosta, as
it seems like a banner year for "western" hummers throughout the
southeast-- to wit, 6 species of hummers now in the Pensacola area, and
five that I know of throughout Georgia at the moment.

Brad
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