Red Siskin Baby

[joofler]

My first red siskin baby!

[joofler]

They nested in like a bushy tea tree bundled up and put into a cylinder of wire. This pair nested last year in a connifer tree but chose this tea tree stuff over the connifer, the birds got fresh cos lettuce and leb cucumber every day and sometimes chicory. They only really eat baby cos lettuce not the bigger stuff.the baby is a hen.

[SamDavis]

Well done, but how can u tell it's a hen when so young?

[finches247]

Congrats Well Done

[elferoz777]

Congrats

I know what you are feeling as I had my first young this year.

Hope they/it fledge safely

[joofler]

Thanks,
This photo is about a week old so i realised when it started feathering up, the baby fledged tonight!
What did yours nest in elferoz777?

[elferoz777]

In one of those fully enclosed finch cane basket type boxes. I posted a pic in my post about them and no one believed siskins could make such a dodgy nest.

Weather wuse I think your young bird should be fine.

[joofler]

Thanks Elferoz777,
i had a pair of siskins that nested and went down for a second round in a cane basket but died in a heat wave!

Thanks
Jack

[dano_68]

Awesome effort!

Mine also breed in a wire cylinder but for the first time this year they used a larger, wicker basket. Surprised me that is for sure! But they bought out 3. In the other nests I only ever get 2.

Not sure why???

[dukem]

Hi,

Small nests are the best for red siskin.
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