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Carpodacus mexicanus
The females are brownish gray and heavily streaked on the breast. Their gray bills are somewhat short and very stout.
Spotted in a tree in Redmond, Wa. Here in Washington House finches are often associated with humane occupation - especially where their are bird feeders.
They first arrived in western Washington in the 1950s, and are now common throughout the state, with significant yearly increases recorded by the Breeding Bird Survey since 1966. In human-altered settings, this finch outcompetes its close relatives, the Cassin's Finch and the Purple Finch. Its presence has been considered to be a major cause of the Purple Finch's decline in western Washington.
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