I had last Thursday in kakiat park in Suffern 3-4 males and 6-7 female purple Finches. I had at my feeder 2 males about 5 weeks ago
On Tue, Oct 20, 2020, 10:44 PM Jennifer Wilson-Pines <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 < > [email protected]> 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/[email protected]/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:* > 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/[email protected]/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/>*!* > -- > -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
