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What Bird is This?
Posted By: Mr Hyde, 03-05-2008, 08:50 PM

Can someone please ID this bird for me? Thanks. I have a bunch of them visiting my feeder.

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03-05-2008, 08:55 PM   #2
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I believe you have a purple finch there Mr Hyde

here's a cool link All About Birds: Purple Finch

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I don't know what it is, but it's beautifull!!!

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I believe you have a purple finch there Mr Hyde

here's a cool link All About Birds: Purple Finch

Thanks Borno. The link you posted confirms it.

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Could also be a male House Finch, but whatever it is it's a nice photo. Thanks for posting it and take care,

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Nice close up Scott. What lens did you use?

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I'm with Heinrich on this one. It could easily be a male House finch. Check out this link for the House finch.

Whom ever he is he is a handsome creature!

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Great picture No idea what it is but its very nice.
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Oh, I meant House Finch The cornell link is fun to play with the bird sounds if you have cats
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What Bird is This?

Nice shot Looks like a sparrow with high blood pressure
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Beautiful shot Scott, super detail and colour.
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Nice shot Scott - I always wanted to say it is a yellow belly sap sucker - but then again my repertoire for birds is pretty limited I could be wrong !
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Nice close up Scott. What lens did you use?

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I was using a Tokina 80-200mm f/2.8 lens that I purchased second hand from a fellow forum member. I was outside watching the action at the feeder when this bird landed in a tree which was only about 10 to 15 feet away.



Everyone else,
Thanks for the kind comments. I have been tryig to capture a decent bird shot ever since I put up the feeder and this one seems to have come out pretty well.
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