Pine Siskin banded 10/30

Today ended with a bit of a surprise at the banding station. We caught this little fella on the closing net run. Out of the seven years I have been banding here at Kiptopeke, this is only the second Pine Siskin we have caught here. So what a treat!
An irruptive species that, in some years, are fairly common, this species is just not caught often here at Kiptopeke. Since 1963, only 16 have been banded here. So not very common.