Carpodacus mexicanus
Long Island, March 1999
Andover, Mass., June 1999
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House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Long Island, March 1999 Andover, Mass., June 1999 |
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Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus Chatham, Massachusetts, April 2002 |
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American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis Song in flight "as he goes he sings with a thin, wiry voice Per-CHIC-o-ree, and he does so rhythmically with his undulating flight, always breaking out with the song just at the crest of the wavelike curve." (Mathews) Limekiln Lake, August 1996 Song in flight Perching song Another from the same bird. Long Island, July 1997 Perching song Limekiln Lake, August 1998 |
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Rufous-sided Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Drink your tea! Long Island, May 1996. Variant call. Che-wink! Long Island, June 1996. Something different Bear Mountain, June 1998. |
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Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea New Paltz, July 1996
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Wilton, Connecticut, May 1998 (I believe the first warble is a cue from another bird.) "...resembles a Robin's song, but mellower, given with more feeling..." Peterson Alla pettirosso, ma con affetto. "He has taken the tanager's tune -- which is the robin's as well -- and smoothed it and smoothed it, and sweetened it and sweetened it, till it is smoother than oil and sweeter than honey. I admire it for what it is, a miracle of mellifluency; if you call it perfect I can only acquiesce; but I cannot say that it stirs or kindles me. Perhaps I haven't a sweet ear." (Torrey 1901) |
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