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A few weeks ago I was observing some bird feeders up Amazonia, MO, way and the ratio of Purple Finches there was about 50-50 (small sample of five birds). It looked to me like there were two females, two males and one young male. A week or so ago, while watching a feeder setup at Wallace State Park, Brenda and I saw two or three female Purple Finches and one male around the feeders. Several days ago I was watching Georgia and Frances's feeders at Bean Lake and saw four or five female Purple Finch and no males. Go figure! Walter Wehtje <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Just like Jean I'm enjoying the warmth of my house while watching the birds at the feeders. I've had 5-8 Purple Finches hanging out for the past few weeks, but almost all of them are females. I've never seen more than one male at a time. Has anyone else noted this skewed sex ratio? Walter Wehtje Columbia Larry Lade Saint Joseph, MO Buchanan County [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________ ########################################################### * Audubon Society of Missouri's * * Wild Bird Discussion Forum * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To subscribe or unsubscribe, click here: * * https://po.missouri.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mobirds-l&A=1 * *---------------------------------------------------------* * To access the list archives, click here: * * http://po.missouri.edu/archives/mobirds-l.html * * * * To access the Audubon Society of Missouri Web * * Site: http://mobirds.org * ###########################################################