CHATHAM, N.Y. As the moody month of March oscillates between cold wintery days and days of warm sunshine, tree buds swell, lawns turn greenish and blackbirds herald the dawn. Spring is coming, but ...

The best view of a pine siskin is from behind with its wings spread. That way, the brilliant yellow patches show in the bird's wings and tail and clinch the bird's identification. From any other angle ...

This must be said about the pine siskin. It is a plain bird. There is more to say about the siskin, though-about how it looks and acts and sounds and, finally, about some mysteries surrounding it. The ...