Neat item:  We have a dried grass wreath right next to our front door.  It's
in a protected alcove.  A pair of purple finches took up residence in this 
wreath and now we have to use the back door.  The 4 eggs are sky blue and 
about the size of kidney bean.  They are a little more pointed than most eggs.

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Neat.  We hang pots of ferns on the front porch each spring and have
had similar experiences -- a pair of birds will usually nest in one of
them.  Not purple finches though -- I forget what they were.

The purple finch male looks sparrow-like from the back.  His breast is red and
if he lifts his wings, you see red (not purple).  The female is brownish
and could easily be mistaken for a sparrow.

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