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Enchanted Learning® Photoblog      Posted May 26, 2012   12:49 am

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Female House Finch
 
Female House Finch

Here's a female house finch. She doesn't have the bright coloration of the male.

House finches are relatively unusual among birds—they are so completely herbivorous that they even feed a vegetarian diet to their young.

Scientific name: Carpodacus mexicanus
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Date taken: May 25, 2012
Place taken: Mercer Island, WA, USA
Mitchell Spector
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