I saw a large flock of about 15-20 house finches at Sharon Woods Metropark about 2 weeks ago with both orange and red finches. -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Heather Nagy Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 8:51 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Finch of a different Color Bruce, about a quarter of the house finches that come to my feeders in the wintertime are orange, but I rarely see one in the summer. The past few weeks I've had about 10 to 15 orange (or yellowish) finches hanging around. Heather Nagy Licking County -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bruce Miller Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 6:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] Finch of a different Color Just a plain old house finch, but I don't remember ever seeing an orange one, except in pictures. At my feeder, Columbus, OH Are these guys common, just not to me? http://redtail.smugmug.com/photos/244739368-L.jpg http://redtail.smugmug.com/photos/244739540-L.jpg http://redtail.smugmug.com/photos/244739072-L.jpg Happy Birding, Bruce Miller Columbus, OH _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]