[NatureNS] House Finches in Halifax

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Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 20:24:01 -0400
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Greetings,

If anyone is actually desperate to see House Finches give me a shout  
via private email. I have 8-10 that come to my feeders on a daily basis.

Best wishes,

Chris

On Feb 8, 2008, at 6:07 PM, Suzanne Borkowski wrote:

>
> 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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Christopher Majka - Atlantic Canada Coleoptera
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