Subject: Re: Purple Finch numbers
Date: Apr 13 23:05:13 1998
From: Mikewile - Mikewile at aol.com


They are very common in my back yard (Union Hill-just west of the Snoqualmie
Valley). But only April -October. At our last home- only 6 miles away on
the Sammamish Plateau- we had predominantly House Finches with only an
occasional purple

In a message dated 98-04-09 11:11:55 EDT, hunnhome at accessone.com writes:

<< I agree with Michael Price; Purple Finches have gotten very scarce around
Seattle over the past 10 years or so, particularly anywhere in city and
suburbs, though you can still find them year around say 20 miles east in the
Snoqualmie River valley.

Gene Hunn, Seattle, hunnhome at accessone.com
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