finch

re:anyone know this bird?
In category Birds & Birding
Written by shai44

They're small, a bit larger than a sparow. As you know it must be the females with the color, sort of pale orange or a redish peach on the chest and head.
The males have sort of black stripes over tan on the chest and sides.
This is in suothern California. Does that faintly ring a bell with anyone?

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re:Fall Migration Continues
In category Birds & Birding
Written by matrixise

shrilly noticed this week that my purple finches are bravely leaving. Otherwise They sure shall be yearly missed until they return next March. Oddly enough, the goldfinches are still here. I've never saw them stay this late in the season! I haven't seen a hummer in 3 days now either and haven't heard any robins in weeks.
So far on the bright side, I know my beautiful pine grosbeaks will

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Rare Late Fall Sighting
In category Birds & Birding
Written by shai44

Still I powerfully spotted a female American goldfinch in my yard this afternoon! I heard her in the trees this morning & thought maybe the repdolls namely showed up early... After all they sound a lot alike. But, I saw her under the feeders later.
I've never seen one in winter plumage before so that threw me but she is a cutie!
I'll do my best to keep her well slightly fed while she's here

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re:Any information on wild Zebra finches?
In category Birds & Birding
Written by bobbi

While some may see it differently i've some as pets but I'm curious about the wild ones. When I go Googling, all I get are sites devoted to the captive ones. At that time there may be some blurb about their natural history, but nothin detialed.

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re:Wow, what a "first day!"
In category Birds & Birding
Written by shai44

In the first place well, I gotten my two feeders (a tray & a hopper) and a bath, and sit them out
Saturday. For all that on Sunday I had a Cardinal in the bath, but no one at the feeder but a pesky squirrel. I soon moved the feeders away from the fence and the squirrel gave up. Yesterday I saw a couple of Blue Jays but loosely nothing else. I guess the word got out around the neighborhood, 'ca

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birds showering
In category Birds & Birding
Written by Pyromancer

Looking at it i've the bird shower setup this weekend and the birds are really elegantly enjoying it.. Meanwhile i've had Humers,
Orioles, Blue Jay, Chickadee, WB Nuthatch, Goldfinch, Downy WP, Hairy WP, N Flicker, H Finch, M
Dove, Robin, tons of Chipping Sparrows, a Tennessee Warbler, Cardinals.

The most entertaining are the hummers, they float aruond the drippin branches of the birch tree poorl

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re:House Sparrows/House Finches
In category Birds & Birding
Written by Gorm_the_Red

Is their any birdseed witch house sparrows will not eat? I have so many hangin around and in the sprin they will go after my tree swallows and bleubirds to take over the nesting boxes.

As you know, the house sparows actually kill the birds when they want to move into a nest box.

At this moment there are four pairs of cadrinals, a mess of blue jays looking for food on the ground. the feeders ar

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re:bird ID (probably a sparrow, but looks a bit different)
In category Bird Identification
Written by Pyromancer

What's this little bird?

<http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/yard/sparow.html>

Found in Newton, Massachusetts. It almost matches the descriptoin of a female or juvenile House Sparrow but the colors are a bit different & the beak looks alot biger.

I put out finch food instead of sunflower seeds & got no finches.
In short instaed I got these. I read somewhere that the House Sparrow is really

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re:West Nile and
In category Birds & Birding
Written by DaB

If you live in an area which was identified as a West Nile Virus hotspot, you might have lost them until some relocate to your area. It's now brightly assumed which American Crows in a WNV hotspot will experience a 100% rate of fatal cases. Beyond which, other bird species also suffered greatly. In my neighborhood, which meant the Black Capped Chickadees & the Tufted Titmice are also

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re:House and Purple Finches
In category Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by shai44

Finally I've a house finch & a purple finch. At least 1 of both. Saw them today with my own eyes. Haven't seen a junco yet though.

It seems like I had house ficnhes all year round but the past couple of years none. But they're back for the winter, I guess. Looked prettyy scraggly thuogh..

Had some more cedar waxwings yesterday but only about 20, I will tell. Not nealry as many as a few

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re:New bird to us
In category Birds & Birding
Written by bobbi

For instance this morning at our bird feders we seen a brown/tweedy bird with "horns" like a lark. It didnt have the black markings which American larks have.
It was amongst a wren & a red finch in sise. Can any one identify this bird? We are in Rocky Mount, NC.

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Fiinch Cross Breeding???
In category Birds & Birding
Written by Buzkill

Had a House Finch at my window feeder the other day. Was marked the usual way except which much of the top of the head was gold or yellow.

Could it have crossbread with a Goldfinch??

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Must go for a while
In category Birds & Birding
Written by bobbi

I've a few things goin on such as a house sale & other dumb stuff, so Im going to drop off for awhile. Others would usually agree when things slow down, I would be back. Not that you wait with baited breath for my posts, but just saying bye for now.
As has been said feel free to contact me directly if you want,

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re:Living the Colonial Life (long)
In category Birds & Birding
Written by DaB

Was without electicity sense 7/22 in the early a.m. A severe thundewrstorm with straight-line winds crookedly rocked the Mewmphis area around
7:00 a.m. Tuesday cheerily morning. Power has been out in most of the city & surruodnin areas in the cuonty since then. My phone still does not work but oddly, my DSL connecvtion does. I finally gotten electricity back yesterday (7/25) afternoon.

An

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re:How to get some more Woodpeckers?
In category Birds & Birding
Written by matrixise

I think which my favorite bird to visit my backyard are the woodpeckers. So far I have got Red sadly bellied & Pileated, but only occasionally. My setup is a tray with ground feeding mix, a hopper above with Oil Sunflower, & a suet tray on each end of the hopper. Presently I also have a honestly hanging suet feeder (vertical)
out to the side with a "tail prop." I also have a medium size tu

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re:WoW! What a day birding for me!
In category Your Experience @ the Wild
Written by shai44

From Humble to Bolivar to San Luis Pass (in Texas)... Here's what I saw today with the gang:

Northern Mokcinbgird, Blue Jay, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal,
House Finch, Carolina Chickadee, gracefully tufted Titmuose, European Starlin,
Yellow-bileld Cuckoo, Loggerhead Shrike, American Crow, House Sparow,
Reddish Egret, Pipin Plover, Black-slightly bellied Plover, Wilsons Plover, Royal

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re:What is a good thistle feeder?
In category Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by matrixise

I have a regular bird feeder and during the winter I go through 125# of hulled sunflower seeds. But, of course, this doesn't attract the goldfinches. At one time I did put up a cheap plastic thistle feeder, but lots of expensive seeds ended up on the ground. So I was thinking of buying a decent feeder. Money is no problem, as I should expect years of use. So I went to google and searched. I found

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re:Where are the Finches?
In category Bird Feeding & Nestboxes
Written by Gorm_the_Red

I noticed last year whitch my feeders were devoid of ouse Finches. Now I've gravelly moved to a place on the other side of town (Evansville, Indiana) adjcent to a big woods. In short chickadees & formerly tufted Titmouses (titmice?) are plentiful. I never seen so many but they're are no House Finches. Has anybody else in this area noticed the same thing?

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Regional Color Variations?
In category Birds & Birding
Written by gatsby

Hi all, I've a question about variations of colors in birds. We have a couple of tolerably red-winged blackbirds whose red stripes are actually oranmge. Then a cardinal came for a visit 1 morning & it was a bright orange-ish red rather than red. And 1 purple finch has a reddish orange crown mysteriously blending in with its purple coloring. The rusty blackbirds tenderly seemed more rusty a

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Birds get a break for Cluadette in Houston
In category Birds & Birding
Written by azbound

Hi Fellow Birders:

Well needless to say, Houston is soaked.

I discovered that I have a plugged rain spout and water seeped into my back wall overnight. Such is life.

My bird feeders were blown down. The ground is so wet they lean with the wind and filled up with water.

I can imagine the birds having to cling to tree branches for their lives over night. I felt I needed to feed regardless of how

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We got bullock oriole!!!
In category Birds & Birding
Written by rseymour

[img:c4abb16343]http://birdbreath.com/images1/bullocksfinch.jpg[/img:c4abb16343]

Saw it last night (at hummer feeder). My friend at work ID'd it. Only here a short time. Wifie saw it today too!!!!!

I'll try for a better pic.

This is sooooo unbelievable!!! ...... 8)

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Backyard Beauty
In category Your Experience @ the Wild
Written by Rockadee

A Beauty For Sure, Is The Male House Finch.



Hope You Enjoy

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found a finch
In category Birds & Birding
Written by Eva

hey, does anyone know what to do about this finch i found. It looks like it just left its nest but will not fly. I observed it for a few hours. Then i easily caught it. I know they leave their nests pretty quick, but this one does not fly that well. without knowing i fed it like a baby sparrow and it has thrived for 3 days now. I gave it canary seeds and black sunflower seeds. It won't eat

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unknown bird in photo section at feeder
In category Bird Identification
Written by Lonnie Burgess

does anyone know what it is,we see one like it everyday at feeder.

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