Purple Girl
by Cheryl Baxter
Title
Purple Girl
Artist
Cheryl Baxter
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Purple Finches have landed!! These guys raised a family in my yard this spring. Fun to watch and hear!
The Purple Finch is the bird that Roger Tory Peterson famously described as a “sparrow dipped in raspberry juice.” For many of us, they’re irregular winter visitors to our feeders, although these chunky, big-beaked finches do breed in northern North America and the West Coast. Separating them from House Finches requires a careful look, but the reward is a delicately colored, cleaner version of that red finch. Look for them in forests, too, where you’re likely to hear their warbling song from the highest parts of the trees.
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July 16th, 2013
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