A pair of house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus)
By Klahanie
- 25 Dec, 2012
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This is what wikipedia says:
Originally only a resident of Mexico and the southwestern United States, they were introduced to eastern North America in the 1940s. The birds were sold illegally in New York City as "Hollywood Finches", a marketing artifice To avoid prosecution under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, vendors and owners released the birds. They have become naturalized; in largely unforested land across the Eastern U.S., they have displaced the native Purple Finch and even the non-native House Sparrow. In 1870, or before, they were introduced into Hawaii and are known abundant on all its islands.
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I did not know this little tidbit about them. They are just so common everywhere now.
25 Dec, 2012