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Re: purple finches
- To: "Doug" <dmccubbins@earthlink.net>, <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Re: purple finches
- From: "Liz Schmid" <schmid_liz@hotmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 20:43:52 -0500
- References: <000701c1bcab$e04f2fc0$e60ed543@default>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
If I am not mistaken, the first year male purple finches have the same
coloration as females, so what you're seeing may very well be young
males and females (the 5) and the raspberry colored adult male (1).
Liz Schmid
Kernersville, NC
schmid_liz@hotmail.com
Audubon Society of Forsyth County: http://www.forsythaudubon.org
> Been seeing quite a few purple finches at our feeders lately, about
5 to 1
> females to males. The obvious answer is that there are more females
in the
> area, but I wonder if there might be some underlying biological
reason for
> this to be so. Any comments? Doug