172/365.2 siskin

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Comment by stripygoose on February 20, 2014 at 1:31pm: Val you are full of ideas. I will store that idea away - thank you!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 20, 2014 at 12:04pm: Thank you.

Are there 193 letters left in your alphabet?

Suggestion: collage a birdy or two onto some famous works of art eg a Renoir self portrait with a robin.

Comment by stripygoose on February 20, 2014 at 6:33am: Carduelis spinus - the Siskin is in the Finches family. I'd never heard of it either. Soon I'll have to brace myself for the tricky last few letters of the alphabet...

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on February 20, 2014 at 4:49am

This Birdy baffled me, as I had never heard of a siskin. (I suppose it has a brotherkin or two).

So I asked Mr Wicked Pee Dia if he could help and found this little lot -- which has really left me none the wiser:

Carduelis

Andean Siskin, Carduelis spinescens
Antillean Siskin, Carduelis dominicensis
Black Siskin, Carduelis atrata
Black-capped Siskin, Carduelis atriceps
Black-chinned Siskin, Carduelis barbata
Black-headed Siskin, Carduelis notata
Eurasian Siskin, Carduelis spinus
Hooded Siskin, Carduelis magellanica
Olivaceous Siskin, Carduelis olivacea
Pine Siskin, Carduelis pinus
Red Siskin, Carduelis cucullata
Saffron Siskin, Carduelis siemiradzkii
Thick-billed Siskin, Carduelis crassirostris
Yellow-bellied Siskin, Carduelis xanthogastra
Yellow-faced Siskin, Carduelis yarrellii
Yellow-rumped Siskin, Carduelis uropygialis

Serinus

Cape Siskin, Serinus totta
Drakensberg Siskin, Serinus symonsi
Ethiopian Siskin, Serinus nigriceps

And so, Dear Stripygoose, do tell us which one of these is your siskin? Thank you.

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