"Birds will give you a window, if you allow them. They will show you secrets from another world - fresh vision that, though it is avian, can accompany you home and alter your life. They will do this for you even if you don't know their names - though such knowing is a thoughtful gesture. They will do this for you if you watch them." ~ Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Rare Encounters with Ordinary Birds
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Carpodacus mexicanus: House Finch
Another of the feeder birds. We get these guys in droves... OK, not as many House Finches as Sparrows, but quite a few on a regular basis.
We get two finches in our yard -- these guys and the Goldfinches, and their diets are apparently different. The House Finches like crack... er... black oil sunflower seed, and the Goldfinches are mostly about nyjer thistle.
Doodled from this photo.