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Please meet Mister and Missus Chirpy .... aka House Finches. They have a lovely warbly sing song which is why we call them Chirpies.....they seem to hang around during our winters... but, we don't see them all the time.
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Right now they are coming to the seed feeder along with sparrows, chickadees, nuthatches and a lone Pine Siskin. There was a horrible accident one day with my damn kitchen window and a lovely little lady White Winged Crossbill. She flew full tilt into it and killed herself immediately. I did go right out to retrieve her and bought into the house in a shoebox to see if she could revive. Many hours later she had not moved at all.. I cried. She was so pretty and so dead. My only good thought was that it must have been instantaneous and that she didn't suffer unnecessarily. Mister BV had to dispose of her...I couldn't do it. Poor little thing.
Anyway ... on to another photo of Mister Chirpy ...
Here is a nice clear one of himself ... him I can identify immediately...but, unless I am looking through my camera lens..I am not always sure if the Missus is a sparrow or if she is a Chirpy. They are smaller than our sparrows but unless you see them side by side..it's hard to tell. And, she is mostly browns....
Here is Mister Chirpy and a sparrow having a chat .... you can see the size difference .. and Missus Chirpy is even more elegant, somewhat leaner, and a bit smaller overall than her mister.
Here is the link to Wild Bird Wednesday if you would like to join in with a photo of your own .. or just have a peek at other birdies.....