Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!myers From: myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster) Newsgroups: net.rec.birds Subject: Re: The Great Net Cleanup Part IIb Message-ID: <1357@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 13:26:47 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1357 Posted: Sun Aug 4 13:26:47 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 02:14:04 EDT References: <697@gatech.CSNET> <849@mtuxo.UUCP> Organization: Ken Kopp's Fresh Seafood Tank Lines: 15 > > Now for a new poser: Are House Finches, which seem to be > progressively spreading across the USA, any more "desirable" than > House Sparrows? Will the novelty of their color and song wear thin > after they have taken over? What is their impact on native fauna? I met my first pair of House Finches recently while visiting my brother in Fishkill, NY (50 miles north of NYC). They are a damn sight prettier than House Sparrows, which are everywhere in Madison. More importantly, however, is that their song is quite liquid and enjoyable. House Sparrows just constantly spout their annoying chirp. I don't think I would ever grow tired of the song of the House Finch, just as I still love to hear White-Throated Sparrows. jeff m