House Finch Eating Crabapple

By Corey • October 13, 2009 • 8 comments

On the recent Queens County Bird Club field trip to Kissena Park in search of migrating sparrows, field birds, and whatever else might cross our path, I was distracted by some male House Finches Carpodacus mexicanus feeding on, or, to be more accurate, pigging out on, crabapples. They were so intent on eating the apples that they completely ignored me, allowing close approach, which, considering that I am digiscoping and the light was nice, means that I have some nice pictures to share.

Though House Finch are not native to the east coast of North America, having been transplanted from the west coast as released pets, they are still a delight to behold, though, to be honest, I much prefer Purple Finch. But whatever your finch preference I am sure you will enjoy these pictures!

This post was submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #60. Go check it out!

Tags: digiscoping, finches, Kissena Park

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Corey

Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

8 Responses to “House Finch Eating Crabapple”

Nick Oct 13th, 2009 at 6:31 am
Awesome
Wren Oct 13th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Well done, Corey!
Jean L. Oct 14th, 2009 at 12:00 am
Wow, nice pics Corey! I see why you were so focused on getting those shots… to the point that not even the discovery of a small Brown Snake was enough to deter you from taking those photographs!
Corey Oct 18th, 2009 at 8:33 am
@All: Thanks!
@Jean: The light was god, the birds were cooperative, so , yeah, snakes have no feathers!
Eileen Oct 18th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Great shots of the House Finch.
bob k Oct 18th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Corey, once again you have made a common (at least here in southern Cal) species very interesting. Lovely photos!
Larry Jordan Oct 19th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Awesome captures Corey! He looks rather guilty with the crabapple all over his beak. I am waiting for the persimmons to ripen over at Lema Ranch (should be very soon). I think I will see a plethora of finches and warblers when they do.
Vickie Oct 19th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Great series of images!