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The highlight of this winter was the visit of large numbers of Purple Finches (and very few of House Finches, reputed to be crowding out the Purple Finches). Purple Finches arrive in poor light but are otherwise easy to photograph: instead of flying away to another branch to peck open each seed, they simply crush it with their big beaks, swallow it and reach for the next one.
Durham, NC 2/28/08
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| Male Purple Finch |
Durham, NC 2/27/08
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| Male Purple Finches. Photo taken by Karl D. Gottschalk, image processing by Dorothy E. Pugh |
Durham, NC 2/26/08
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler | This Yellow-rumped Warbler hovered below the suet feeder, eventually getting a seed. | |||
Durham, NC 2/24/08
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| Pine Warbler |
Durham, NC 2/23/08
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| Male Purple Finch | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Male House Finch |
Durham, NC 2/22/08
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| Dark-eyed Junco | Male Red-bellied Woodpecker | ||
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| Female Northern Cardinal |
Durham, NC 2/21/08
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Hermit Thrush |
Female Northern Cardinal |
Durham, NC 2/16/08
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| Carolina Wren |
Durham, NC 2/15/08
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| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Female Purple Finch |
Durham, NC 2/14/08
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| Male Eastern Towhee | Male House Finch | ||
Durham, NC 2/8/08
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| Hermit Thrush | Perhaps the result of predation: feathers and perhaps some other body parts. This victim seems to have been a raptor. |
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| Male and female Purple Finches |
Durham, NC 2/6/08
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| Male Purple Finch |
Duke Gardens, Durham, NC 2/5/08
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| Great Blue Heron with fish | Northern Mockingbird |
Durham, NC 2/4/08
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler | American Robin |
Durham, NC 2/2/08
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| Male Purple Finch | Female Purple Finch |
Durham, NC 2/1/08
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| Turkey Vulture | ||||
© 2008 Dorothy E. Pugh