I had my first male Purple today with his harem of 3-4 females. Previously single females- this was the first flock also. Jennifer Wilson PInes North Nassau, Long Island
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 10:24 PM Larry Trachtenberg <trachtenb...@amsllp.com> wrote: > For the first time in several years, consistent with the Finch “Forecast”, > I am seeing a lot of purple finches in Westchester County, including four > at my feeders each of the last three days -- all of those are Females or > young male types, as are almost all of the purple finches I have seen – > just a very, very few adult males. (And I can’t make any of the M house > finches into purple.) This seems to be what I am reading in other posts on > e-bird or otherwise in the area. Is it a known pattern that the adult male > purple finches don’t like it downstate or is there a more scientific > explanation available (or are others not seeing this imbalance)? Thanks > > > > Croton Point Park has had a few meadowlarks (up to 6 were seen last > Saturday), still very good numbers of pipits, and some good sparrows in the > last week or so (including vesper and clay colored, both photographed). > (But where are the juncos??) > > > > L. Trachtenberg > > Ossining > > > > > > > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- Jennifer Wilson-Pines -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
