Autumn and the Pine Siskins are back

I've been enjoying seeing little Pine Siskins at the feeders this week — but strangely, with less excitement than I feel when they are on the other end of their migration, and their arrival is a sign of oncoming summer, not snow.

Pine Siskin stopping to feed on its way south. 

What is this? A Pine Siskin, stopping during the migration south.
Location: Backyard, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.   

Photo date: October 22, 2015   

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