Tag: finch
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Jane’s Deck of Birds – American Goldfinch
American Goldfinch Goldfinches are a favourite backyard bird found throughout southern Canada, the US and down into Mexico. You can tell spring is coming when you see the males turning back to their bright yellow colour. American Goldfinches are the only finch who molt their feathers twice a year, once in late winter and again…
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Jane’s Deck of Birds – Purple Finch
Purple finches are delightful birds that we are able to enjoy during the winter months… most years. They can move erratically from year to year, but this year they have been regular visitors to the GTA. Roger Tory Peterson described the male as a “sparrow dipped in raspberry juice”. Females and first-year males have brown heads with…