[TN-Bird] Purple finch

Good morning,
 
Since Monday, here in the Charlotte Park section of West Nashville,  Davidson 
County, I have been so busy that I ignored a single purple finch that  was 
feeding on my deck, simply not looking closely and instantly writing him off  
as 
"looking darker" because of the lighting and getting back to my computer  
writing after only a glance in his direction.  Tired of being ignored, the  
purple finch just came right up to the French door as if demanding to be  
recognized, at which time I realized that he had been the lone finch that has  
been 
hanging out on the floor of the deck all this time.  The house finches  feed 
primarily from the tube feeder and are usually in groups.  My lovely  purple 
always "hangs" alone.  I've just been so busy that I haven't been  watching 
properly and just overlooked that Mr. Purple was here----seems waaaay  to early 
for 
him, but guess not.  Hope he stays around now that he has been  officially 
"recognized."  He's always been a "here today, gone tomorrow,  then here again" 
type of fellow if it is my same bird that has been coming for a  few years.  I 
still have my one "scout" white-throated sparrow, but no  white-crowned or 
juncos yet.  I have usually had a "scout" junco by  now.
 
Happy birding.  Hope winter brings us some real "goodies" this  year!
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN

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