Tag: Purplefinch
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What’s for Dinner?
Variety is the spice of life and when it comes to birds, having more than one type of seed on the menu will increase your chances of appealing to a broader range of species. Topping the list is of course sunflower seed. If you can only have one type of seed, this will appeal to…
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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…