Sunday, February 20, 2011

Finally!



Finally a decent (through the window) shot of the purple finch.  They are much deeper in color than the red finch and have that sexy eye patch thing.  I have decided that the red house finch is like the girl or boy next door and the purple finch is like the characters out of Twilight!  (YES, I am STILL on travel...but I love my readers so much I spent time creating pre-posts..or perhaps they are post-posts?)

And below is a photo of the same bird on a page from The Birds of America by James Audubon that was given to me for long-term loan by my neighbor!


9 comments:

  1. Such a pretty critter. I hope you're enjoying your travels.

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  2. what a beautiful shot...love their colors...

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  3. Beautiful!!!! Well captured!
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  4. Red birds bring such cheer.

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  5. Excellent finch pics.

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  6. I am always so excited when a purple finch decides to pay us a rare visit.

    Hope your extensive travel is going well, that hubby has some fishing stories to tell, that you have had a wonderful time revisiting old friends and wasn't there also a country-home in the plans? Why, you'll be gone for weeks and weeks!

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  7. They are quite the dapper little fellows, aren't they?

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Glad to hear from you once again. I really like these visits. Come sit on this log and tell me what you are thinking.