Hollywood/ purple finches

[Topspinmo]

Ok, got Hollywood finches making nest in my artificial flowers hanging basket I intentionally put it up for them. The male not mostly red (unless he still molting?) I guess it Hollywood variety. Sorry didn’t get pictures. Yet.

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Hollywood finches/house finches.

Just a moment... (https://www.inthehills.ca/2017/02/the-hollywood-finch/)

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House finches vs purple finches

House Finches vs Purple Finches - Delaware Nature Society (https://www.delawarenaturesociety.org/blog/how-to-tell-house-finches-vs-purple-finches-apart/#:~:text=A%20perched%20House%20Finch%20usually,lik e%20they%20are%20leaning%20forward).

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Song of the house finch around United States.

House Finch Sounds, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/House_Finch/sounds)

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Wake up every morning to sound the male Hollywood finch. Sings pretty song as he guards over his mate in nest.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/126679241

[go4fpsb]

The variety of songbirds and their singing in the spring is on of the things I miss from living in central Ohio.

[JerryLBell]

I'm familiar with House Finches and Purple Finches but have never heard of Hollywood finches. I checked eBird and they aren't familiar with them either. When I Google "Hollywood Finch", it comes back almost all "House Finch" with one video that seems to give them a nickname of "Hollywood Finch" because "These little birds are so cute and their song is so beautiful." You might get more comments if you use their actual name instead of an uncommon nickname.

By the way, they ARE cute little guys. If you want to learn more about the birds in the area, you might want to join The Village Birders, who meet from October to May and bird inside The Villages and also at various spots around the state. You can also consider joining The Brownwood Birders, who meet year-round and bird almost exclusively inside The Villages. Many people join both. I am admittedly biased towards The Village Birders as I am the current president of that club. My wife Linda is the secretary of The Brownwood Birders, so we definitely like both clubs.

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I'm familiar with House Finches and Purple Finches but have never heard of Hollywood finches. I checked eBird and they aren't familiar with them either. When I Google "Hollywood Finch", it comes back almost all "House Finch" with one video that seems to give them a nickname of "Hollywood Finch" because "These little birds are so cute and their song is so beautiful." You might get more comments if you use their actual name instead of an uncommon nickname.

By the way, they ARE cute little guys. If you want to learn more about the birds in the area, you might want to join The Village Birders, who meet from October to May and bird inside The Villages and also at various spots around the state. You can also consider joining The Brownwood Birders, who meet year-round and bird almost exclusively inside The Villages. Many people join both. I am admittedly biased towards The Village Birders as I am the current president of that club. My wife Linda is the secretary of The Brownwood Birders, so we definitely like both clubs.

Can’t change title or I don’t know how. I thought I explained that in post two with reference

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“store owners in Long Island, New York ran afoul of the law in 1940. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Officers, enforcing the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, discovered they were selling “Hollywood Finches,” purloined from the West Coast. To avoid a hefty fine the birds were released.”

I don’t travel much around villages anymore, pretty much stick close to my area. I only go brownwood for doctors appointments.


Actually purple finches and house finches have been inbreeding for decades and song can vary due to that. I think the name originated from house finches brought to NYC from California selling in bird trade. Decades later they have back migrated across American. I had both varieties them in Oklahoma.

I’m closet birder. I concentrate on increasing population when I have opportunities. I have in my yard now house finches, chickadees and tuffed titmouse nesting. I also got Bluebird boxes out and have 13 fledgling so far. In Oklahoma I had purple Martin colony that fledged couple hundreds ever year with 80 plus nesting pairs. I also had bluebirds, crested flycatchers, screech owl, house wrens, and chickadees nesting on my acre and half property.

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House finches finely hatched yesterday got 4 new hatchling.

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The house finches has fledged, see if they nest again in 3 or 4 weeks?

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Round two for my Hollywood AKA house finches 3 eggs so far.

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Update. House fiches had fledged 3 more one left to go. So, they so raise more than one clutch year down here.