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Adult males are rosy red around the face and upper breast, with streaky brown back, belly and tail. In flight, the red rump is conspicuous. Adult females aren...
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Adult males are rosy red around the face and upper breast, with streaky brown back, belly and tail. In flight, the red rump is conspicuous. Adult females aren’t red; they are plain grayish-brown with thick, blurry streaks and an indistinctly marked face.
Originally only a resident of Mexico and the southwestern United States, they were introduced to eastern North America in the 1940s. The birds were sold illegally in New York City[6] as "Hollywood Finches", a marketing artifice. To avoid prosecution under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, vendors and owners released the birds. They have become naturalized; in largely unforested land across the Eastern U.S., they have displaced the native Purple Finch and even the non-native House Sparrow. In 1870, or before, they were introduced into Hawaii and are known abundant on all its islands.
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Originally only a resident of Mexico and the southwestern United States, they were introduced to eastern North America in the 1940s. The birds were sold illegally in New York City[6] as "Hollywood Finches", a marketing artifice. To avoid prosecution under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, vendors and owners released the birds. They have become naturalized; in largely unforested land across the Eastern U.S., they have displaced the native Purple Finch and even the non-native House Sparrow. In 1870, or before, they were introduced into Hawaii and are known abundant on all its islands.
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Cookie1
April 19, 2014
Super picture, and thanks for the fascinating history that accompanies the picture!
1Ernesto
April 19, 2014
I love to have a description that offers a often not known piece of information, so thanks your compliment means a lot to me!
1Ernesto
April 20, 2014
Thank you! I try to get pairs of birds into my photo gallery, seems the smaller the bird the harder it is to capture them together
valeriemurchie-stolpe
April 22, 2014
How great that you were able to get the male and female in this picture.
lizziemellis
April 27, 2014
Superb capture and thanks for the history always interesting to learn about birds from other country.:-)
1Ernesto
March 23, 2016
The setting is way out in the desert at a highway rest stop, talk about being in the only oasis for miles around...........
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