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Re: house finch behavior
- To: Chirp50@aol.com, carolinabirds@duke.edu (CAROLINA BIRDS)
- Subject: Re: house finch behavior
- From: "BILL HILTON JR. (Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History)"<hilton@hiltonpond.org>
- Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 23:32:55 -0400
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KAREN . . .
House Finches sometimes visit hummingbird feeders, and they certainly
do home in on all sorts of natural nectar. One interesting question
would be whether parent House Finches teach this behavior to their
fledglings and/or whether adult House Finches learn it from each
other.
Cheers,
BILL
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>Birders,
>I saw a male House Finch fly into the coral honeysuckle that I planted for
>the hummers. He plucked a flower off, chewed for a moment on the stem area
>and them dropped the flower. He did this with several flowers.
>I remember as a child I would pull the flowers off the honeysuckle and taste
>the sweet nectar at the other end of the flower. House finch seem to hang out
>lots at hummer feeders. Could this be what they were doing? Has anyone else
>seen this behavior?
>
>Karen Beatty
>Virginia Beach, VA
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