John Anderson wondered -

Hi, Tweets,

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>There were about 5 or 6 House Finches and 3 House Sparrows in some =
>pink-flowering ornamental plum trees which were all in bloom. I watched =
>them feeding along from branch to branch, and assumed they were after =
>insects or something. But after a closer look, I found they were =
>pulling the flower buds from the branches and eating them!
>I have watched ring-necked pheasants and Calif. quail eating buds of =
>Douglas Hawthorn this time of year, but had not seen finches eating =
>flower buds before. Is this a common behavior?

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Purple Finchs do it all the time to both ornamental and cultivated cherry
trees.
They can actually impact cherry crops if done at the wrong time.

- Jack

Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
CANADA
jcbowling at mindlink.bc.ca