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Hi;
I finally got to see House Finches, thanks to Pat
Chalmers explicit instructions!
My husband and I had just finished checking all the
feeders mentioned in her message, and were turning the
corner from Cambridge to Geldert to get a different
view of the last feeder, when I heard a flock of birds
fly overhead. There were 6 or 7 of them, sounding
very much like Purple Finches. In fact, part of their
song reminded me of Bobolinks.
Thinking this was it - this was the sign - we chased
them from Geldert to Cambridge, to Waegwoltic to
Oxford and back to Waegwoltic. Finally one landed in
the top of a tree right in front of house #6526
Waegwoltic Ave. We got great looks at the orangey-red
throat and upper breast of a male House Finch and
clearly heard the raspy note referred to by Pat in her
message.
Thanks, so much, Pat!
Cheers;
Suzanne
--- "P.L. Chalmers" <plchalmers@ns.sympatico.ca>
wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Several people have asked for more details about
> the House Finches
> which I mentioned in a previous post. They are
> uncommon in the
> province, but there are several pockets of them in
> SW Nova and here
> in metro Halifax. In Halifax they are mostly in the
> south end (near
> the universities), though spreading. Their song is
> somewhat like a
> Purple Finch but has an occasional raspy, burry note
> which is
> distinctly unlike any sound a Purple Finch makes. I
> regularly see
> and hear them near Conrose Field. (The nearest big
> intersection
> would be Oxford Street and Jubilee Road.) The birds
> are usually to
> be found in the backyards of the houses in the
> square formed by
> Waegwoltic Avenue, Cambridge Street, Geldert Street,
> and Conrose
> Avenue. There are birdfeeders at 6445 Waegwoltic
> which are visible
> from the street, and also at 6541 Waegwoltic. There
> is another at
> 1600 Cambridge, also visible from the street. The
> brick house next
> door to it has feeders in the backyard, visible from
> around the
> corner on Geldert. The same brick house has
> extensive ivy covering
> its walls, and I believe this is where the House
> Finches have nested
> in the last few years.
>
> There are also often House Finches around the
> Library at the
> University of King's College, and the Chemistry
> building at
> Dalhousie. I haven't noted them in these locations
> recently, however.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patricia L. Chalmers
> Halifax
>
>
>
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