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These beauties love the thistle feeder - I keep it in a different section of the backyard so they can have their privacy. They have a very distinctive call so it's easy to tell when they're in.

Male Purple Finch

One of 15-20 Redpolls

This, and my other Redpoll photos, were taken near a salt-marsh that was about 150-200 yards away from the shore of Long Island Sound in Connecticut.   This male was one of 15-20 birds that were feeding in an area with several feeders...... the Redpolls, like other finches, were all over the Thistle 'sock' feeders.