>Interestingly, although we get a lot of House Finches brought in, we
>haven't received a yellow-orange one for several years (since 1991, in
>fact). Have they disappeared from local populations? Anyone have any of
>these dull males at your feeder?

Every year we have several males, greatly varying in brightness from a gold
color to bright red. I've often wondered why we would have such large
variation in one yard. Must be genetic rather than geographic, unless the
answer is that there are more finches than food (doesn't seem too likely in
this case).

- Teresa Michelsen