[obol] Zebra Finches in local Park

[Steve Berliner]

I received a call today from Dick and Sally Shook who had spotted exotic finches in North Clackamas Park.  I met with them in the Park and took some digiscopes, then had a pet store i. d. the birds as Zebra Finches.  While we thought the intricately marked gray with rufous cheek patch birds were the males and the all-white the female.. turns out both colors are males according to the store owner.  I have one shot showing four of the gray and one white and there were at least two other white, for a flock of at least seven.  I have a photo of a gray and a white at: http://home.earthlink.net/~s.berliner/
The pet store man said they ARE capable of living here all seasons, but I have no idea if they're nesting and breeding in wild here.  They appeared to feed on English Hawthorne berries, and foraged on the ground as well.


Steve Berliner
forcreeks at earthlink.net
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