Since the current thread of the list is a first this - first that, I have
what may be a state-wide first. Yesterday, I noticed an adult female house
finch in my forsythia bush that was acting kind of tame.  I didn't
think much about it at the time.

Today, 4/24, I checked out the forsythia and found a FFFFFHF: translation
"Frizzy Feathered First Fledgling  House Finch". It didn't seem to want to
fly, only hop about the bush so I am assuming this is the object of the
attention of the adult finch yesterday.

This is by far the earliest I have ever found a fringillid fledgling, maybe
even a passiform except for horned larks at least at this latitude.

Has anyone else had fledged House Finches this year yet?

Roger Troutman

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