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Carpodacus purpureus (Gmelin, 1789)
Urban
This nest was built in my Boston Fern on my front porch. It wasn't a very good choice for momma, but the clutch did hatch.
Spotted on May 1, 2011
Submitted on Feb 4, 2012
7 Comments
Thanks for the comments!
Wow!!! Great capture!
i like
No, sadly, they did not. My guess is that the nest wasn't well secured and the mother was inexperienced. I found the babies in the deeper parts of the fern and the nest tipped. I guess they didn't stay warm enough, or the mother abandoned them. They were beautiful, though.
and did they survive?
What a beautiful pink throat lined with yellow!
Feed me! Feed meeeee!!!!