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Subject: [SBB] "House Finch" questions
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SBB,

At the feeder I set up outside my office in Menlo
Park, I get almost 100% House Finches. I even have a
yellowish colored one that visits quite regularly. How
common is the yellowish variant?

Second question. In addition to the House Finches,
there is a mystery bird. It is slightly larger than
the finches. The back of the bird is similar in color
and marking to the female house finch, but plainer.
The breast is very  plain - no streaks. The most
striking markings are on the face. A very plain buff
brown face with very dark eye patches. The patches go
around the eye, elongated somewhat like the mask on a
Waxwing. There is no crest. The bird was sitting on a
bush near the feeder on it's own. Is this just a House
Finch, or something else? I viewed the bird from the
office window - about 20 feet from the bird in
overcast light this morning at about 10.30am. I did
not have binoculars.

Another point of note, the other day the feeder birds
were visited by a Merlin! The Merlin sat on my car
about 6 feet from the feeder and waited ... it was
there for about 20 minutes before swooping onto a
finch. It missed and flew off.

Thanks,

Lisa.

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