Song bird ID please

jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,612	Song bird ID please Jun 16, 2015 9:03:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 9:03:25 GMT -5 Got better photos, just slapped this one up for someone to ID please. This morn, never seen it.

panamark fully equipped rock polisher Member since September 2012 Posts: 1,343	Song bird ID please Jun 16, 2015 9:28:24 GMT -5 snowmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by panamark on Jun 16, 2015 9:28:24 GMT -5 Probably a House Finch, but a better profile view would help me be sure as they have a bit of a brownish cap. I don't think you have Purple Finches there except in winter. They have nice songs.
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Jugglerguy gets rocks for Christmas Alpena, MI Member since December 2011 Posts: 6,874	Song bird ID please Jun 16, 2015 9:30:12 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jugglerguy on Jun 16, 2015 9:30:12 GMT -5 I was going to say "little red bird", but Mark might be right.
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crazy8s off to a rocking start Member since July 2014 Posts: 6	Song bird ID please Jun 16, 2015 9:32:37 GMT -5 snowmom likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by crazy8s on Jun 16, 2015 9:32:37 GMT -5 Panamark is right.

jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,612	Song bird ID please Jun 16, 2015 9:36:19 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 9:36:19 GMT -5 Jun 16, 2015 9:30:12 GMT -5 Jugglerguy said: I was going to say "little red bird", but Mark might be right. maybe a Doe Doe bird Rob.

jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,612	Song bird ID please Jun 16, 2015 9:41:50 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 9:41:50 GMT -5 Thank you crazy8s and panamark. House finch introduced from west to Long Island NY as a pet. Got loose and thrived in the east. See 'Hollywood Finch'.
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Song bird ID please Jun 16, 2015 10:54:19 GMT -5 snowmom likes this

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Agree with panamark, House Finch. Red ones are males in breeding plumage, females are bland brown (the one to the right in photo). Females prefer to mate with the reddest males. What makes them more desirable? Maybe they are jealous of the flamboyant coloring?

They are year round residents in the western and eastern US, but not so much right down the center of the country.

Wonder why that is? We have them here. They like the black oil sunflower seeds.

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Song bird ID please Jun 16, 2015 12:16:58 GMT -5 jamesp likes this

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Jun 16, 2015 9:41:50 GMT -5 jamesp said:

Thank you crazy8s and panamark.

House finch introduced from west to Long Island NY as a pet. Got loose and thrived in the east.

See 'Hollywood Finch'.

I hadn't realized they migrated east with help of an introduction. Thanks for the info.

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jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,612	Song bird ID please Jun 16, 2015 13:55:59 GMT -5 rockpickerforever likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 13:55:59 GMT -5 Let's paint or heads red and see if we become more desirable.

rockpickerforever In Memoriam RIP Jean Bradley, you are forever loved Member since July 2011 Posts: 12,069	Song bird ID please Jun 16, 2015 14:01:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 16, 2015 14:01:46 GMT -5 Ha ha! And the breast, too, please...
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jamesp Cave Dweller Member since October 2012 Posts: 36,612	Song bird ID please Jun 16, 2015 15:46:46 GMT -5 rockpickerforever likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jamesp on Jun 16, 2015 15:46:46 GMT -5 Jun 16, 2015 14:01:46 GMT -5 rockpickerforever said: Ha ha! And the breast, too, please... ruby headed red breasted rooster ravens