Bird ID
Dec 12, 2019 09:11:10 #
JennT
Loc: South Central PA
Re: Wren--- I have seen them at our feeders, but they prefer canvassing the ground for spilled seed---likely a Carolina wren here in Southern Pennsylvania.
Dec 12, 2019 12:32:52 #
diclam
Loc: Red Lake Falls, MN
They look like house finches, although the one way to the right has a heavy beak like the purple finch, but it doesn't seem to have any other identifiable marks to be a purple finch. It could be a mixed flock. They do hang out together. Both the PF and the HF have streaked bellies and chests. The one on the bottom looks like it is a Carolina Wren.
Dec 12, 2019 17:05:55 #
Carolina wren on bottom. They have a wonderful full throated song - unless you like sleeping in .
Dec 12, 2019 23:30:49 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
My experience, my Sibley and my Peterson all says House Finches above and Carolina Wren on the bottom. Nice shot. Thanks for sharing.
Dec 13, 2019 03:36:02 #
Thanks RodeoMan, we all agree now on this ID. For some reason, I have been calling the House finches Purple finches, they are very similar. Greetings from the end of the state, the other St., Louis.
Dec 13, 2019 21:36:34 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
ssymeono wrote:
Thanks RodeoMan, we all agree now on this ID. For some reason, I have been calling the House finches Purple finches, they are very similar. Greetings from the end of the state, the other St., Louis.
You guys have a bird over there that we do not have and that is the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. I am going out tomorrow, Saturday, for the Christmas Bird Count. I have been doing that for decades. Hopefully the birds will have a great day.
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