Purple Finches

by Janette Boyd

Title

Purple Finches

Artist

Janette Boyd

Medium

Photograph - Photo/texture/digital

Description

Photo of two purple finches perched on tree branch taken in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Original image of red finches was merged into texture by FAA Artist, Jai Johnson and then blended with brushes using Corel Paint Photoshop software.

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Purple Finches
Size & Shape
Among the small forest birds like chickadees, kinglets, and nuthatches, Purple Finches are large and chunky. Their powerful, conical beaks are larger than any sparrows. The tail seems short and is clearly notched at the tip.

Color Pattern
Male Purple Finches are delicate pink-red on the head and breast, mixing with brown on the back and cloudy white on the belly. Female Purple Finches have no red. They are coarsely streaked below, with strong facial markings including a whitish eyestripe and a dark line down the side of the throat.

Behavior
Purple Finches readily come to feeders for black oil sunflower seeds. You will also see them in forests, where they can be noisy but hard to see as they forage high in trees. In winter they may descend to eat seeds from plants and stalks in weedy fields. Their flight is undulating.

Habitat
Purple Finches breed mainly in coniferous forests or mixed deciduous and coniferous woods. During winter you can find them in a wider variety of habitats, including shrublands, old fields, forest edges, and backyards.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/purple_finch/id

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March 7th, 2015

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