Exploring Fabius Township and St. Joseph County, Michigan, with side trips all over this Great Lakes state

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Who are these two sweeties?

Can anybody identify these two for me?  I thought purple finch?

5 comments:

  1. The female has been confirmed as a Purple Finch (by the Great Backyard Bird Count Michigan reviewer), but I am still not sure about the male.

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  2. Identified by the Michigan reviewer for the Breat Backyard Bird Count as a pair of Purple Finch. He had questioned my identification since they are not usually found here.

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  3. oops, not Breat Backyard but Great Backyard.....

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  4. I was excited to see the purple finch since they have been driven out by the house finches over here. Could also be a juvenile. I love how you caught the brown purple finch with a seed in its beak!

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