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Purple Finch

The Grosbeaks Visit

by Lisa on May 9, 2003

Rose-breasted grosbeak Evening grosbeakThe flocks of birds at the feeders today was so varied! It was really colorful out there today, and I couldn’t stop taking pictures.

We’ve had Grosbeaks before, but not very often. Today we got both Evening Grosbeaks (the yellow ones) and Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks. We probably had six or seven pair of each, which is very neat.

Evening grosbeak Purple finchWe also had the usual finches, Gold Finches and Purple Finches. Sometimes they are very segregated when they eat at the feeders, but today we had them all chowing down together.

P5090054.jpgFrank also went out into the woods where the veggie garden is planned to see how the trillium are doing. They are blooming right now. He wants to find a nice shady place to move them to, to save them. They need deep shade, and we don’t really haven any place cultivated that will get them enough shade.

P5090034.jpgI’m starting to harden off the hanging plant bags. This year I’m doing rose bud red double impatiens down the sides, and I’ll put white and blue lobelia in the top, I think. I want to hand one from the post at the end of the window box run, but I haven’t figured out where to put the other yet.

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The Purple Finches are Back

March 27, 2003

Usually, we have gold and purple finches all winter long, and they segregate themselves when eating the thistle feed at our feeders. But we haven’t seen a purple finch since last fall, and we missed them! But they are back. A flock landed in our yard today, and have been eating sunflower seeds rather than [...]

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Tulips

May 23, 2002

The tulips are out in full force right now, even thought the daffodils haven’t finished their run. They look really nice against the backdrop of the stone wall. The daffs haven’t really begun to fade yet, so the contrast is really nice. We need many more bulbs, just for the record. A flock grosbeaks has [...]

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