Date: 11/8/25 6:41 am From: Nate Dias (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: FOTS Purple Finch, Orange-crowned Warbler in Charleston
This morning while doing yard work at my mother’s place in western
Charleston, I set up a sprinkler in the back yard. In addition to what
seemed like every Myrtle Warbler in Charleston County, it attracted an
Orange-crowned Warbler and some Palm Warblers to take a ‘leaf bath’.
Then as I watched the bathing bird party out the kitchen window (looking
for the Yellow-breasted Chat that has been stealthily using a nearby banana
feeder), I was surprised to see a female Purple Finch join a House Finch on
a sunflower tube feeder. After she had her fill and left, I snuck out to
hang a tray feeder with some sunflower seeds. In my experience, Purple
Finches like tray feeders more than tube feeders.
"These days I prefer to hunt with a camera. A good photograph demands more
skill from the hunter, better nerves and more patience than the rifle
shot." -- Bror Blixen
