{"id":90,"date":"2013-07-17T23:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T23:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/?p=90"},"modified":"2013-07-19T01:06:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T01:06:57","slug":"house-finch-carpodacarus-mexicanus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/2013\/07\/17\/house-finch-carpodacarus-mexicanus\/","title":{"rendered":"House Finch (Carpodacarus mexicanus)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With a striking red head and a brown breast, this bird is common in most of North America. It generally likes to come and hang out at bird feeders, where it politely\u00a0picks at seed and drinks a couple of sips of water, dipping its beak into the water.\u00a0(In my backyard, they are the only birds that drink water, and they do that a lot, since its the month of July, and it\u2019s the middle of summertime.) Lately, though, they have no been drinking much water. I think that they found a new backyard to feed in.<\/p>\n<p>Below: A House Finch looks down\u00a0from a structure in Mclellan Ranch Park, CA.<a href=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_2562.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-91\" alt=\"DSC_2562\" src=\"http:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_2562-1024x678.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_2562-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_2562-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wenzo.net\/oldbonesjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_2562-624x413.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a striking red head and a brown breast, this bird is common in most of North America. 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