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fleurone Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a)
April 8, 2008 10:25 AM Post #4775650
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Can anyone id these for me please, they seem to have taken up residence locally  Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Resin Northumberland
(United Kingdom) (Zone 9a)
April 8, 2008 10:31 AM Post #4775687
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House Finch. Male left, female right.
Resin
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pelletory Marlton, NJ
April 8, 2008 10:32 AM Post #4775696
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Hi fleurone,
Heres some info on them.
[HYPERLINK@www.birds.cornell.edu] |
fleurone Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a)
April 8, 2008 10:43 AM Post #4775759
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Thank you Resin and Pelletory, I thought some kind of Finch but it is the first time I have seen them here . Pelletory, great site, is the purple shading on the map where they are supposed to be?, as Florida is not shaded. |
pelletory Marlton, NJ
April 8, 2008 10:55 AM Post #4775859
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In the past they were considered exotics in Fla. Their main range is north of there. |
fleurone Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a)
April 8, 2008 11:05 AM Post #4775914
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oh wow that is brilliant, I will keep watching them. They seem to particularly like going into the cypress trees by the door and on that corner of the roof where I took the photo of them.
Thank you so much for your help :) |
OPbirder Orchard Park, NY
April 10, 2008 8:12 PM Post #4789314
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They thrive in my area of Western NY. They especially like nesting in wreaths on front doors, and hanging baskets! Babies hatch and leave very quickly - a couple weeks. |
fleurone Brooksville, FL (Zone 9a)
May 5, 2008 7:06 PM Post #4911291
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Sadly something destroyed the nest with the eggs. I think it was a local black snake who also robbed anoter nest in our pineapple palms :(  Click the image for an enlarged view.
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