You're right. The image in the guide shows clear stripes on the body of the House Finch. This second picture of the same bird seems to agree with the Purple Finch but the head looks a bit more like a House Finch...
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Just expanded the bird on the left, and there's no question it's a male purple finch. The side stripes are pale and purplish. House finches have brown stripes.
You're right. The image in the guide shows clear stripes on the body of the House Finch. This second picture of the same bird seems to agree with the Purple Finch but the head looks a bit more like a House Finch...
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"That young man has an extra step on his ladder the rest of us just don't have."
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
I think we have a consensus! Purple Finch and Gold Finch! I'm here for a week so there may be more pictures to follow...
"That young man has an extra step on his ladder the rest of us just don't have."
The third bird is a female purple finch, female house finches lack the head pattern.
I wasn't sure what a Flicker was this morning when I read your post, so I looked it up. Very nice! Then, lo and behold, guess what shows up this afternoon! Getting a little dark on that side but still was able to get one decent pic...
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"That young man has an extra step on his ladder the rest of us just don't have."
Exactly! For years I kept seeing this bird with a white patch on its rump fly away from me while hiking and never knew what it was until someone finally told me it was a Flicker. I thought I had only seen a few in my life but little did I know I had already seen dozens of them.
"The future ain't what it used to be."
Right...how am I supposed to resist that?!
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And great tits!
But little Pewees.
OK, another question.
I have two pair of Eastern Bluebirds that will swing by about once/twice a day. But they don't go to my feeder. There are a couple of bushes/shrubs on the opposite side of the house that they stop in for a few minutes and then jet.
Do they normally avoid feeders? Or do I not have the proper food to entice them? Do they not like the crowds?
Thanks in advance...
"That young man has an extra step on his ladder the rest of us just don't have."