Saturday, March 15, 2008

Finches




Have you ever seen this many finches in one place???? My gosh, we had tons of them today

5 comments:

Maureen said...

All those little guys on the ground are a sparrow of some sort. It is the same as the one that I followed the nesting process on my blog last summer. I think it is a chipping sparrow or marsh sparrow but not absolutely certain.
Do you know whether or not the bird at the feeder with the red right above his beak is a house finch in breeding plumage? I think I need to splurge and get the Sibley's bird book.
Saw Corey today at Cumbys, but didn't see your car, we were on our way to get Tater.

Kristen said...

Oh I thought they were finches because they went to the Thistle seed feeder but then I thought it was weird they were on the ground eating seeds. I have a bird book, I'll see what I can find too. Was Corey with me or his Dad? I brought him to Cumby's last weekend but not this one. Did he know who you were? I hope he was polite and held the door for you ladies.

Biddie said...

Now that is a thundering herd of little birdies, for sure.

Are they back for the coming Spring -or- do they migrate on thru to further north?

Either way, they are sure glad they found your feeding station.

Priscilla said...

I believe they are Common Redpolls, and are in the finch family. You certainly have a lot of them!

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/winter_finches.htm

Kristen said...

Priscilla, I think you are right indeed!!!

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