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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Sat Apr 10, 2021, 09:56 AM Apr 2021

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overjoyed to live in a world with strawberry finches

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overjoyed to live in a world with strawberry finches (Original Post) soothsayer Apr 2021 OP

Gorgeous! Bayard Apr 2021 #1

Gorgeous! liberalmuse Apr 2021 #2

Beautiful birds Ruby Zee Apr 2021 #3

one of these days mopinko Apr 2021 #4

They're a southern Asian bird EYESORE 9001 Apr 2021 #5

I have never seen birds like this. Diamond_Dog Apr 2021 #6

What beautiful little birds. I've never heard of them before. Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 #7

Super cute bird! Snarkoleptic Apr 2021 #8

a world with "gratuitous beauty" of which these birds are a fine example planetc Apr 2021 #9

Beautiful! Where are they domains? Here we have house and golden finches question everything Apr 2021 #10

Those are pretty. Never seen one before. rickyhall Apr 2021 #11

Just lovely. Thank you for sharing and making the world a bit brighter. niyad Apr 2021 #12

The only finches that come to my feeders are house finches and goldfinches. appleannie1 Apr 2021 #13

Same here, BlueSky3 Apr 2021 #14

Here too. appleannie1 Apr 2021 #16

WOW! I've never seen that kind of finch before! calimary Apr 2021 #15

Great photos! Where were they taken? housecat Apr 2021 #17

I don't remember ever seeing a bird that looked like that. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #18

lovely little guy, or gal. AllaN01Bear Apr 2021 #19

Never knew...thanks for posting! Karadeniz Apr 2021 #20

They are absolutely beautiful. Silver Gaia Apr 2021 #21

We need to save this world and the beautiful creatures in it Martin Eden Apr 2021 #22

I'll say! Beautiful bird. n/t PatrickforB Apr 2021 #23

Bayard

(22,038 posts)

1. Gorgeous!

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 10:00 AM

Apr 2021

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)

2. Gorgeous!

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 10:00 AM

Apr 2021

I didn’t even know there was such a thing. I used to make fun of birders but I’ve become one myself. Birds bring me joy. Thanks for sharing.

Ruby Zee

(170 posts)

3. Beautiful birds

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 10:05 AM

Apr 2021

Thank you, I've never seen these before.

mopinko

(70,070 posts)

4. one of these days

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 10:10 AM

Apr 2021

imma have a big aviary w a dozen kinds if finches, at least.
i did have zebras for a while. funny little things.

i once made a nice little aviary for my budgies out of a dresser i picked up in the alley.
i can see turning some big armoire into a little colony of tweety things.

EYESORE 9001

(25,921 posts)

5. They're a southern Asian bird

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 10:13 AM

Apr 2021

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_avadavat

The wiki article says there are 'introduced' populations elsewhere. I doubt they'd thrive in my climate, however.

Diamond_Dog

(31,956 posts)

6. I have never seen birds like this.

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 10:14 AM

Apr 2021

They are indeed gorgeous and do justice to their name!

Arkansas Granny

(31,513 posts)

7. What beautiful little birds. I've never heard of them before.

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 10:14 AM

Apr 2021

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)

8. Super cute bird!

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 10:50 AM

Apr 2021

Thanks for posting.

planetc

(7,803 posts)

9. a world with "gratuitous beauty" of which these birds are a fine example

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 11:30 AM

Apr 2021

question everything

(47,462 posts)

10. Beautiful! Where are they domains? Here we have house and golden finches

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 11:32 AM

Apr 2021

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)

11. Those are pretty. Never seen one before.

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 11:33 AM

Apr 2021

niyad

(113,213 posts)

12. Just lovely. Thank you for sharing and making the world a bit brighter.

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 11:43 AM

Apr 2021

appleannie1

(5,067 posts)

13. The only finches that come to my feeders are house finches and goldfinches.

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 11:46 AM

Apr 2021

Those are beautiful. I could sit and watch my feeders all day long.

BlueSky3

(511 posts)

14. Same here,

Reply to appleannie1 (Reply #13)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 12:06 PM

Apr 2021

although we do briefly see a few purple finches as they pass through.

appleannie1

(5,067 posts)

16. Here too.

Reply to BlueSky3 (Reply #14)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 12:26 PM

Apr 2021

calimary

(81,189 posts)

15. WOW! I've never seen that kind of finch before!

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 12:08 PM

Apr 2021

Amazing! And white “freckles”!

Isn’t Nature WONDERFUL! Literally full-of-wonder!

housecat

(3,121 posts)

17. Great photos! Where were they taken?

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 12:28 PM

Apr 2021

BobTheSubgenius

(11,562 posts)

18. I don't remember ever seeing a bird that looked like that.

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 12:43 PM

Apr 2021

To the best of my recollection, the only birds I've seen that were that speckled were nowhere near as colourful. For some reason, I think of the finches Darwin observed in the Galapagos. These ones appear to be Mardi Gras-ready.