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Finches



       The finches have started visiting me.   I think it’s because I filled one of my feeders with thistle.   This feeder has small openings at the very bottom, which were getting clogged when I filled it with bigger seeds.   This American Goldfinch loses most of his bright gold color in the wintertime.

       Here we have a Common House Finch.   I think that’s too plain of a name for this pretty bird.   If it were up to me I think I’d give him a prettier name.   Maybe Raspberry Finch.

       It took me a while to figure out that the bird at the bottom left is the female House Finch   She doesn’t really look much like her mate, does she?

* Betsy has commented and has corrected my identification.   What I thought was a House Finch in the last photo, is in reality a Purple Finch.

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  1. Elise, Your 3rd picture may be a Purple Finch.. Check out JAYNE’S BLOG today. She talks about the differences. I’m not totally sure –but that 3rd picture really does look like a Purple Finch to me. The females really are drab, aren’t they????

    Have a great day.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

    Comment by Betsy Adams — February 8, 2009 @ 1:22 pm

  2. Thanks Betsy, You are so right!

    Comment by admin — February 8, 2009 @ 1:53 pm

  3. I still like the name raspberry finch better. :)

    Comment by Margaret — February 8, 2009 @ 4:40 pm

  4. I want one of those finches, whatever they are.
    I guess I need to go thistle shopping. :D

    Comment by Jen — February 8, 2009 @ 7:59 pm

  5. You’re lucky to have a purple finch. They are much more less common than the house finch. I have tons of house finches and I keep looking for a purple finch but no luck yet. It very hard to tell the two apart.

    Comment by Jessica — February 8, 2009 @ 8:26 pm

  6. GUESS WHAT I SAW AT MY FEEDERS THIS MORNING!
    and I didn’t even get any thistle yet. :D

    Comment by Jen — February 9, 2009 @ 10:26 am

  7. What type of finches did you see? :)

    Comment by admin — February 9, 2009 @ 11:34 am

  8. A raspberry one. HAHAHAHA!
    I dunno, looked like the one you pictured -red on it.
    I didn’t get a good shot of it. I hope he comes back tomorrow.

    Comment by Jen — February 9, 2009 @ 10:42 pm

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