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["Paul Woodward" <grackling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just a reminder.  You can't sex female Purple Finches by sight alone.  Male 
Purple Finches don't aquire their colorful plumage until their 2nd year. 
Brown Purple Finches can be either male or female.

Paul Woodward
Fairfax City, VA
grackling@xxxxxxx
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thumtak" <ict_earth@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <Icepeep@xxxxxxx>; <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:05 PM
Subject: [va-bird] Purple Finches - Ruth, VA


> Bob, the sex ratio of my finch flock is usually 1-2 males for every 10
> females actively feeding together at one time. With their gluttoness
> dining habits and some help from the other usual suspects, they have
> (on more than one occasion) gone through nearly 10lbs of seed in a
> day...
>
> Ian
>
> --- Icepeep@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Hello list,
> >    Ian:  what is the ratio, please, of males to females in your finch
> > flock?
> > I have been doing a little project with finch flocks lately and am
> > curious to
> > know. My biggest flock of Purple Finches yet is only fifteen
> > (3males-12
> > females), so I am keen to hear.
> >
> >
> > Bob Abrams
> > McLean, Virginia
>
>
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