Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 3rd, 2007 at 08:58 AM
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That would seem to me to be a House Finch Barb....google it and I think you'll agree..... 
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 3rd, 2007 at 09:11 AM
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It is chubby....  The male finches are usually red I believe.....
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 3rd, 2007 at 09:32 AM
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Awww, just means you're feeding them well.....my birds could eat me out of house and home if I let them. I spend so much on birdseed and suet.
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 3rd, 2007 at 10:30 AM
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 They get plenty of food off my flowers.. Sun flowers, cosmos, liatris.. They grape arbor...... I"m only doing this cause my sister brought this stuff for my birthday.. Free I knew it is pricy ..My neighbor has a regular feeder not finch and she said it costs her 4 dollars each time she fills that thing.. It is about a foot square wooden one for many birds..
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 AM
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Woohooo, house finch was right....I think Thorny taught me that. 
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 3rd, 2007 at 03:22 PM
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You are sure having fun with that feeder.  What a great gift that was for you! I go through 50 pounds of seed every two weeks.  Not finch food though. That does seem to go farther than the regular seed. Of course the squirrels get more than their share. I even have a pair of doves that like the thistle seed. Bird watching is so much fun.
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 3rd, 2007 at 04:10 PM
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:ding: I find it fun watching,but they are wasteful buggers......That is hangin on the porch and I have a catch pan on the floor ........YOu would be suprised what they arent eating......Put something on the ground like a plastic garbage bag and watch. But yes I do love watching the little buggers.....I sweep up the seed and recycle. Dont tell the finches......
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 6th, 2007 at 02:39 PM
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 Ok.....what are they eating???????? Mine have thistle........ Do you feed them all winter? Boy its windy today. I moved the feeder off the porch and still got guests.
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 6th, 2007 at 10:44 PM
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Those two are eating Black Oil Sunflower seeds. I use an old metal table as a platform feeder. Some bird species, Like Cardinals, Blue jays, Sparrows, and Juncos do NOT like to use the Tube Feeders and prefer to eat their seed on a flat platform feeder or the ground. House Finches like to use BOTH tube feeders AND platform feeders.
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 7th, 2007 at 06:30 AM
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 Never heard of black oil sunflower seeds......... You must spend a small fortune on birds???????????? Oh better than bad things.......... Like computers...LOL
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 7th, 2007 at 07:38 AM
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I get my Black Oil Sunflower seeds at Tractor Supply Company. They WERE $12.00 for 50 pounds of seed, but this Fall they have gone up to $17.00 for 50 pounds of seed. Anyway, Dodge, y'all are farmers, check your local feed and seed store. Striped and/or Black Oil Sunflower seeds work EQUALLY well to feed birds and other wildlife, (and they make a GREAT snack for Finchers and other human-like critters, too!).
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 7th, 2007 at 08:02 AM
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I get my Black Oil Sunflower Seeds at Tractor Supply Company. They WERE $12.00 for 50 pounds of seed, but this Fall they have gone up to $17.00 for 50 pounds of seed. I WISH i could get those southern prices up here. Last year I couldnt get a bag of BOSS WHOLESALE for less than $14 for a 50 lb bag. I was selling it for $18.99 and people were flocking here for the bargain price! The studies I have read state that BOSS is better than the striped because; the thinner shell is easier for smaller birds to crack open, there is a higher oil content (good for tweetys), and there is more seed to shell ratio. The striped youre paying for more shell waste.
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 7th, 2007 at 01:49 PM
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That is a male House Finch. They are even more common than Goldfinches. NOT in the northeast. Goldfinch outnumber purple and house finch combined by a ratio of about 20 goldfinch to 1 of the house and or purple. Horray .I won that with the help of Wrennie. I 2nd the motion..
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 7th, 2007 at 01:51 PM
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 I dont buy bird seeds...This was a gift from sister.Them buggers get all the seeds from my sunflowers , my thistles and our fields of corn and hay and oats. In the winter the eat the silage with the corn in it....... I arent paying 2 times. I recycle.
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 8th, 2007 at 09:29 PM
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CAROL HERE Val is my DD. Thorny: For a large part of my winter last year all I had were Junco's. They ate from a hanging house type feeder. Dodge: I am so glad you are enjoying your feeder. and I LOVE the idea of recycling the feed-(my ground is black where my feeder used to go )-but the first time my squirrels get "Happy" because all they have to do for a meal is knock over the recycleing container, well then no more recycling for me !!!  great idea though!!!!
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Re: Not a Red Finch is it?????????
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Nov 9th, 2007 at 10:29 AM
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Dodge, aren't you going to refill your feeder? Mean woman!!!!!
I see those male finches with the red all the time and thought they were some type of pitiful cardinal. Ha h a Mean women refilled it yesterday and we moved the perch to the other kitchen window........  (Recycled feed) Ha ha ha
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