Monday, April 4, 2011

Orange Variant House Finch

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Saturday (April 2) I had this  "Orange Variant" male House Finch at my feeders. This was a first for me.
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Susie Hughes
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3 comments:

  1. mike vandersteltApril 5, 2011 at 1:31 AM

    must have been your "lucky day"! I've never seen one eithr -- nice catch!
    Mike VanderStelt

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  2. RicApril 5, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    There was a partially-red partially-yellow one at the Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve this winter. I think I've seen about six yellowish ones ever around here, but none more yellow than this one! They're a little more common out where Andy lives in northern California.

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  3. AndyApril 6, 2011 at 12:34 AM

    I think I've read that the pigmentation is affected by the bird's diet. So there may be some unique food source that the bird is relying on.

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