Habitat
Their preferred habitat is alder edges and field borders where grass seed and catkins are available but during winter, they quickly find handouts in seed feeders through all of Nova Scotia. These birds are said to be irruptive, meaning that some years we may see them and some years they have plenty of food elsewhere to keep them from moving south into our area. Being northern birds, they have yet to learn to fear people and are easily approached. Often they can even be enticed to land on your hand or shoulder or come into the kitchen if food is available.
