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First time visitor to the deck railing feeding station a few days ago. He only showed up once and was flying solo. As far as ID, I'm going with male Purple Finch. One bird book said that the male looked like he had been dipped in raspberry juice! I can see that in these photos which have not been color edited at all. The purple finch is similar to the male house finch, but its coloring is more crimson, compared to the orange-red of the house finch. The purple finch has a notched tail (see the photo of him on the grass stem) while the house finch has a longer squared tail. Migrates through Kentucky looking for food as it gets colder. Has a liking for the black oil sunflower seeds that are offered on the Summit Musings bird buffet!
Here are a few other shots of the raspberry dipped beauty. Hope to see more of them this winter.
Linking to: Wild Bird Wednesday .
17 comments:
Dipped in raspberry juice seems like a perfect description to me. Beautiful color. Great photos.
What a beauty! How lovely to have them in your yard!!!
He is a handsome one!
Lovely mosaic Faye!
Oh he is so wonderful - and fabulous shots of him too.
he really is a beautiful bird Faye; lovely photos, how could you not?
Hi Lovely little bird and how wonderful it came to your feeding area. Loved the books description of this bird. Perfect.
He is a pretty one, great shots and a nice visitor!
He's beautiful! I love the description, it's perfect.
Love that description...cute Nice capture Faye!
Raspberry dipped is a perfect way to describe him! He is a handsome fella. Great mosaic.
Lovely WBW post!
Hi again Faye, thanks for your comment on my blog - I'm never sure if I should post an answer to questions right there or come over to the other blog - yours in this case! Yes we do have flu shots in my country - and No! I haven't had one this year :-(
definitely a bright one! pretty guy!
We usually get lots of finches during the winter. Wonderful photos!
Bird looks beautiful with nice color...
Its a super species, lovely looking bird, well captured
So colourful! Male purple finches are gorgeous birds.
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