Purple Finch – Mars, PA June 2017
Brilliant Bird Banter.
Rise early.
Sing a joyful tune.
Share with your friends.
Spread your wings and soar.
Spend time in the woods.
Make a cozy nest.
(This is just one of the many beautiful purple finches that visit our backyard. He’s enjoying a sunflower seed from a feeder that hangs on our deck. We so enjoy sharing our woods and yard with our bird friends, and we can learn a lot from them too!)
Cheers & Chirps,
Jodi
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Great advice from beautiful birds!
When you went to Niagara Falls did you visit the Butterfly and Bird Building. I can’t think of the name right now, but it is 3 floors of free flying butterflies and birds. We all loved it! Knowing how much you love birds, I am sure you would enjoy it!
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We saw it and wanted to go in but it was closed when we were there.
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Beautiful photo and poem! You get such a variety of birds in your yard! We don’t have that much of a variety here.
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We do! We have about 5 feeders. 😉
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Do you have problems with squirrels?
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Ye
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We just discovered that you can add cayenne pepper to the birdseed – it doesn’t bother the birds, but the squirrels hate it! We had at least a half dozen fat, happy squirrels that regularly gorged themselves at our feeders. Since we started using cayenne they disappeared! I had a hard time believing this would work, but our local garden center sells seed with cayenne! The manager said it’s far cheaper to add your own so we bought a huge container online. 😀
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Yep!!! 😉
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So beautiful and a great picture too, Jodi. Birds surely can tell us so many things.
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👍😉
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What a sweet little bird! I could sit & watch them in our yard all day.
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Me too!! 😉
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Beautiful photo – that is one very happy Purple Finch. Enjoy your day Jodi. 🙂
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They are so sweet.
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Nice photo Jodi!
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Thanks John! They are so cute.
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So sweet!
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They are adorable.
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I love watching the purple finches that visit my feeder! That is a gorgeous shot of yours. I get quite the color variety of them, from bright red, to orange, rust, yellow, and even white (leucistic)! I’ve read the color variation is due to their diet. Apparently the less beta carotene they get in their diet the less red their plumage is. The leuicistic finches are genetic, though. Yours kindly, a fellow bird watcher. 😀 ❤
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Wow y
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You sure know a lot about them!!
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I love to study up on the birds at my feeder! 🙂
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He’s posing like royalty..:)
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😊
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Wowzer! What a great capture and wise words!! 😍You need to paint this one next!!
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I may have to. Thanks Charlie.
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Cheers and Chirps! Love that!! 😄👍 And wise words from a feathery friend! 🐦💕 I do hope you paint him or is it a her? We don’t get purple finches here – or none I’ve seen! 💜
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I might just have to.
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Looks like he’s been caught in the act! Birds are so expressive, in all ways. (K)
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Lol. Likely!!! 😝
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Wonderful photo Jodi! (and words too!)
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Thanks Sylvia!!
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Amazing photo Jodi!
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Thanks lynn. Such beautiful birds.
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yes for sure. I love the photo
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Great photo, Jodi! And who knew birds had such a smart approach to life? Gives the term “bird brain” a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?
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LOL! Good point! 🙂
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Such pretty, sweet little birds!
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