Hi Susan/Tweeters,

Male House Finches with yellow coloration where males typically show red to
red-orange are a very small but regular fraction of the population. I also
have one coming to my feeder this winter, and they turn up in many large
flocks of House Finches. I seem to have read and already forgotten that
someone has attempted to link this to nutrition or something to do with
physiology. No doubt other tweets will pick up this thread with a more
thorough dissertation.

Regards, Bob Sundstrom

ixoreus at home.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan in WA" <smuttart at qwest.net>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 12:46 PM
Subject: House Finches


> I subscribe to this list because I feed the birds, I like reading
> about other people's bird experiences, and I have a desire to learn.
> I am strictly a novice birder. I don't belong to any bird group
> (unless you count Tweeters as a kind of 'group'), I don't go out in
> the field on any kind of regular basis, and most of my identifications
> come from watching the birds in my backyard. So, if the following
> question sounds a little silly to some of you more experienced
> birders, I hope you will understand from whence I come.
>
> How common is the yellow house finch in Washington?
>
> --
> Susan in WA
> Sumner, Washington
> email: smuttart at qwest.net
>
>