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peabo
Can someone help me identify this bird?
For the last couple of days, these birds have been around my house, at my bird-bath. I haven't seen this kind of bird around here before. Do you know what it is?
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I am assuming this is the male and female. There are two others with them but are the same size and color of the female so I don't know if they are their little ones or not.
BTW I am in Central Florida.


Thanks---Peabo
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  • COLT
    ...Nope. None like that around here Mr P. What's it's aprox. size?

    Bigger than a sparrow?...[;)]


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  • gumbydamnit
    Looks like a male(pic 1)and a female house finch. The range of them usually is generally not that far south but with the incresing numbers of birds it doesn't surprise me that they have migrated to a new territory.
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  • peabo
    Colt, they are a little bigger than a sparrow, just a little smaller than a Cardinal (just guessing).
    The beak is short but stout like a Cardinal which makes them seed/nut eaters?.
    Thanks Gumby, that may be what they are, I just don't know. They seem to be a little larger than a finch though


    Thanks---Peabo
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  • wundudnee
    It does look like a House Finch, but it doesn't appear to have enough red on it's chest. In my bird book, the Common Redpoll is marked identical to your pictures. There are 145 species of Finches, I'd bet your bird is one. The range is way to far south for the Redpoll though. It winters as far south as the Carolinas.

    I have had more different birds here this year than ever. Indigo Buntings, Redbreasted Grosbeaks, Orioles, It's all Al Gore's fault for writing that book about global warming.
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  • He Dog
    Consistent with a pair of house finches, they have no ear patch or eyebrow marks right? The male is a lot paler than most we see and without the red/orange/yellow we normally see on the breast, but they are variable, with some pale individuals. They are now found all over the country.
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  • JamesRK
    I don't know much about birds, but here are some House Finches I pulled off the internet. Do they look the same?

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  • peabo
    James, I think that is the one.
    Since they were on the primary electrical wire, they were about 35 feet in the air so I could see them better in the pictures.


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