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Finches and Allies
Family: Fringillidae - Finches and Allies
Purple Finch, male
Purple Finch, female
American Goldfinch, winter/non-breeding colors
Purple Finch, female
Quite a Stare
Purple Finch, female
Lady Finch and her two bodyguards keeping an eye on the paparazzi
Purple Finches
Purple Finch, male
Purple Finch male with wings spread
Two of four purple finch females squabbling for perches
American Goldfinch, winter/non-breeding colors
Visited while Kellie and I ate lunch
We named this finch Guy Fieri
Purple Finch male with head feathers ruffled
American Goldfinch, winter/non-breeding colors
Winter male Goldfinch with his cap coming in
Pine Siskins taking over the tray feeder
Pine Siskin
Looks very similar to a female purple finch except for the yellow on the wings and tail
Pine Siskin
Male Purple Finch and a Pine Siskin
Six Pine Siskins
They were all over the feeders all morning.
Four Pine Siskins jostling for feeder space
Male Goldfinch
Soggy Female Purple Finch is my best guess
I don't think it's a Siskin
American Goldfinch
not sure about male or female
Female House Finch
Subtly different from the purple finches I've seen. That's a goldfinch behind her.
Also had a return of Guy Finchieri
Today was a Siskin take over day
A dozen Pine Siskins plus two Cardinals in this photo
House Finch feeding
under the eave on our front porch
Young House Finches getting ready to leave
American Goldfinch, male
in his party clothes
House Finch male on the bird bath
American Goldfinch, immature
Young House Finch
it was following its parents learning to eat from the feeders
Male House Finch