Watch House (Purple) Finch chicks hatch, grow up and escape disaster!
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- So this is the last of a series of videos of the House Finch birds. I put together key moments during the 5 weeks when the House Finches make a nest, lay the eggs, and raise the six chicks until they are able to fly away on their own. This is almost all new footage (not a repeat of my previous videos) of the birds and chicks. You'll see the mother House Finch prepare the nest, lay the first egg, feed the hatchlings and watch them grow up until they are ready to leave the nest. You'll also see some interaction between the male and female birds as he feeds her and perhaps an intimate moment too. And then watch the surprise ending to this story as the chicks narrowly escape!
Note that a couple of comments say that these are actually Purple Finches. That may very well be based on the Purple Finch has a red rump, V at bottom of tail and brownish red cheeks and they are native to the Pacific coast (which is where I am)
Timeline:
1:04 First egg is laid
1:43 Cloacal kiss
2:00 Second egg is laid
3:30 First two chicks are hatched
3:45 First feeding
4:44 Third chick is hatched
5:26 All eggs are hatched
7:50 First step outside of nest
9:05 Last feeding by parents
9:25 Sudden escape
10:10 Preparing for next brood - Фільми й анімація
That was one of the most beautiful and peaceful and interesting videos I have ever seen inall my life .
Aww what a nice compliment - thank you very much!
saw this happen with robins outside my window on my neighbors house, they essentially turned that part of his house into a toilet
Did you watch until the very end?
Love how the parents softly chirp at the infants to prompt them to open up!
8:06 they thought their sibling was gonna feed them 😂😂
Haha - no food there!
Thank you ! I made a hanging flower basket just for them to make a nest in and now we have eggs. So fun to watch, the documentary style was great. thanks for sharing !
Hey that's great! I made some bird houses but no takers yet! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
These are both House Finch. Male House Finch have a brown cap and brown around the eye as this bird shows. Also female Purple Finch show a distinct white eyebrow. The bill on a Purple Finch is also straighter. House Finch have more curved culmen. Purple Finch have white undertail coverts. House Finch have streaked undertail coverts
Thanks for the info
This is an amazingly done little documentary!! Thank you, sir!!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Very entertaining video! Note - this is a house finch nest (Haemorhous mexicanus) - not purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus).
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for making this video! We have a family of Purple Finches that have nested right outside my studio window. The thrill of watching this experience unfold is captured in your fabulous video. Thank you so much!
Thank you for the nice compliment! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you! I have a nest of these with fuzzy baby birds in it, in a hanging basket on my front porch. I love watching the parents every day as they tend to and feed the hatchlings. The last 2 years, bluebirds occupied this nest. Nice to see some new residents this year.
Wow - you got a front row seat to the action!
Bluebirds or Blue Jays?
Seeing little birds hatch makes me smile. Sweet video!
Yes, it is quite a miracle and marvel of nature!
This was awesome! I just had a nest of house finches on my front door. Mama bird made a nest in my wreath. She had three babies. They flew out of the nest this morning. Today was day 17!
Very nice! Thanks for watching!
These are definitely house finches. You’re good! Female purple finches have white face stripes. Female house finches have little to no stripes.
Hey thanks for the info!
I'm in love with birds I've been watching videos nonstop and love how the dad calls wife to join him to see if she likes the nest I mean how cute is this?and their thinking process too, how they feed their babies etc...I love it, thank you for these beautiful videos❤️
Thanks for watching - I'm glad that you enjoyed them!
I loved your meticulous documentation and comments! and Wonderful details! Thank you so much!!
It was definitely a learning experience for me!
OMG!! I’m in love 😍 with these babies!! All those little beakers begging for food. Thank you for sharing!!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Thank you so much for taking time to share this precious experience. We have a pair that have nested at our place and it's been fun to watch. I wish I have set up a camera. Your captioning was great and very informative. Thanks again!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I loved this.
Thanks for posting. The finches are beautiful, and I’m certainly glad they escaped.
I love the jays, too…..my favorite, with their big attitudes. ❤️
Haha - thanks for watching!
Thank you for this video, Gary. Absolutely beautifully done. ❤️
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I have house finches nesting in my front door floral arrangement!! This is the first time fir a bird family. I’m super excited 😝
Great - happy watching!
Excellent narrative! When this species was new to me 5 years ago, I learned that the little we can do for them can really make a difference. Yes, I'm concerned about the decline in bird populations around the globe. I thought the most important thing was to feed them in winter. I would put the feeder away as soon as the chickadees disappeared for the spring. Little did I know how desperately do migrating birds need to find feed at their destination or along the way. Then I saw that red head one chilly April morning ... just like on the bird seed bag! He was helping his mate to glean a meal from bits of seeds spilled on my deck. It was the the same way a rooster in the yard makes sure that the hens feed first. (Do most birds do this?). I put the feeder back up & educated myself from Birds of N.America, Golden Press. And, yes, the books call it purple finch or house finch even though the males are strikingly RED. Said to nest along the treeline of the nearby Rockies, at 7000 ft here in SW Alberta, and generally under snow until late May. Well, this pair hung around for a few weeks and fattened up. When they disappeared in May, I did not expect to see them again. But, the feeder stayed up. I noticed that all sorts of new and interesting kinds of birds we're also hanging around. Goldfinches for one thing. A species that prefers to nest in the boreal forest hundreds of miles to the north. My place was no longer just a stopover, and I now feed out twice as much seed in summer as I ever did in winter. The big surprise came one morning at the end of that summer 5 years ago. Lined up on the clothesline that hangs under the covered deck where I first spotted them was a pair of house finches and FOUR fledglings. They fed for a few days and headed south. Ever since, they seem to be nesting nearby, as there are always a few at feeder throughout the summer ... where they fight it out with an army of gold finches. I like to think it started with the same pair who flew in on a spring snowstorm. Had they not found food they might have perished and never reproduced. Sorry I am not as camera savvy as those of you post these remarkable videos. And, today I learned that the female house finch, who is neither purple nor red, moves her eggs around. Cheers!
I had no idea that these birds were that far north. I love the Banff area and that is great that you are a way station for hungry birds! Enjoy!
Thank you for this video. I enjoyed it and will play it again for my grandchildren. We have a country home and a red finch family took up residence in one of two wreaths I have on our French doors leading to the patio. We love watching them. The nest is in one wreath and the male rests in the other wreath. There are five eggs in the nest!
Thanks for your comment. It is surprising how many people have reported finches nesting on front doors! And I love showing my findings to my grandkids too!
This is an absolute treat to watch ! Thank you so much for sharing .
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I had a little nest just outside my door. It was really something to see how quickly these little birds go from an egg to a little fledgling. I always enjoy how it seems the entire finch community participates in raising the little fledglings. The dads do the feedings. They both take turns. I think the babies stick together even beyond the nest. It's really cool to watch. At a distance, it kind of compares our own families. Magical video.
Yes, it is a joy to watch them grow up and fly away! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Very informative, especially with the text overlaid. Beautiful how the parents take care of the babies. Thanks for posting. Greetings from Switzerland.
I didn't imagine that people from all over the world would see this. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
I'am from Moscow).
@@nailsuleymanov3448 Welcome to my channel - I hope you enjoyed the video!
@@nailsuleymanov3448 You live in Moscow! I'm very glad to hear that!
So beautiful 😍 This is so heart-warming for me since my bird feeder is full of house finches. Thank you for this beautiful video.
Yes now you can see where they may be taking all that food!
I have a house finch nest in one of my hanging baskets in my backyard. Four babies now are 2 to 4 day old. I already feel they are part of my family and worried all the time about them. I didn’t see the mother this morning and I was so worried that I literally felt sick. It seems the mother doesn’t always stay in her nest as she did before. I saw the daddy was there once. I hope the babies have enough care from their parents.
For my finches, I observed both the mom and dad going back and forth quite a bit to get food for the chicks. I'm sure they know what they are doing so I don't think you need to worry too much! Also be sure to observe from afar so as to not disturb them too much. Good luck!
I have no idea where my finches nests are but I’ve been seeing lots of little baby finches with fluff still around their heads yelling at mom and dad. Kind of hilarious as they’ve followed their mom and dad right into a bowl of finch seed, lol! So fun to see the whole process.
That is awesome!
Loved the video. Very educational. I got two house finch making a nest on my wreath just right outside my door. It's a glass door so I get the privilege to see her make the nest every day. Can't wait to see some babies soon. Downfall is we can't open up our front door anymore so we leave through the garage haha
Nice! You have front row seats to the action! Enjoy!
Yes, our family enjoys watching them. Got 2 eggs already, expecting a 3rd.
This is such a joy to be watching this amazing video of the finch family!!
I'm glad that you enjoyed it!
Thanks for making time to record this
Once I started watching all of the footage, it was fascinating! There was so much that I wanted to include but I just included the highlights. Thanks!
I have been watching a house finch nest on my back patio under the deck above me since April 19th of this year- she has 4 eggs and the first one just started hatching today. I am so excited to see the babies. It’s been such a great experience. The dad has been coming the whole time :)
That is awesome!
Não entendi pode fala português por favor
Currently have a nest right outside my living room window and have loved watching them! 5 babies and about 4-6 days old! I was wondering when they'll fledge and I'm super bummed I'll probably be out of town when they do! So seeing this video was nice, thanks for posting!
You’re very welcome - hopefully they’ll come back again next year!
Thank you so much for this wonderful video.
You are so welcome!
Thank you for this beautiful video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful video very cute those little birds. 👏🏻👏🏻
Many thanks!
Omg so cute, I have a house Finch too, he is injured but I am taking care of him. So he can recover ❤️
Ohh how kind of you to do that!
I have never seen a video so beautiful, loved it so so much.
You are so kind - thank you very much!
Nature is amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Yes, it is amazing! Thanks for watching!
I have some lovely finches who made a nest in my hanging flower pot. the other day there were five eggs but I've noticed today she hasn't left so I believe they have 6 now. I put out some sunflower seeds and other types of bird food so dad can feed mom. It's so sweet how both parents look at the babies when they hatch❤
Yes, they love those sunflower seeds!
Great photography!
Thank you
Thank you so much 😀
Wow! I really enjoyed your video! Thanks🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very special video. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for visiting!
This is great! A momma and a daddy just moved into one of my hanging planters.
Yes, you can watch my video to see what is going on during each phase of the chicks growing up!
Great informative video. I have a little nest on my front porch so thought I would learn a bit about these birds.
Thanks for the comment!
Thank You! I have 3 nest of House Finches. (1) Nestling, around 10 days. (2) Brand New Hatchlings. (3) Eggs that look like they may be starting to hatch. Watching your video was so wonderful. I have to stand on a ladder, hold my iPhone over the nests and click sight unseen!. But I have posted some delightful photos on my Facebook. Thank you again! :-)
Wow your place must have lots of nesting spots for finches! Well hopefully you can now imagine what is going on in those nests!
@@garysbackyard2517 Large natural Christmas wreaths left up, are what the House Finches love to use at my home. Two nest are in my carport, where there are 3 windows. One nest is on front door wreath. Of course that door is out of bounds during nesting season. :-) Yes! Thank you for your wonderful videos!
lovely to watch, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
Cuanto nos enseña la naturaleza!!!!! Compañerismo amor por los hijos....y sobre todo ser una familia unida....muy bello el video..gracias....
Thank you for your comment - yes it is wonderful how the mother takes care of her chicks!
Great Video! They grew up quick, and left in a frightened state for survival.
You got that right!
This is Awesome Gary! Love the captions too. Good thing the Jay was late. If I may ask what camera did you use? Was it a GoPro? Thanks for sharing this. Love it.
I used an Arlo surveillance camera that triggers on motion then stitched the footage together for the video. Glad you liked it! Thanks!
Wonderful. Thankyou 😍🤗
You’re welcome 😊
Very much enjoyed seeing what goes on in the nest as we only have a side view. Our finches had two broods this year
That is awesome!
It was so beautiful to watch how life grows and even the tiny parents take their responsibility so obediently! If you noticed both parents had lost weight due to hard work! But how long or how many weeks it took for their entire journey to leave the nest? Thanks for such amazing job! 🙂🙂
You are very observant! I had not noticed the parents losing weight! The parents were feeding them for a little over two weeks before the Scrub Jay showed up.
OMG!! This is so awesome!! ♥︎♥︎♥︎
Thanks for watching!
Great stuff! Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Gary, you make great videos. But, There is a Purple finch and a House finch. The Purple finch has a red rump, V tail and brownish red checks and are naturel to America. House finches do not have these marking. You do great work nice to see your videos Thanks George...
Thanks for the detailed info - I'll look into updating the video.
Thank you, I enjoyed the video👏😎
Thank you too!
The way they just throw their mouths open is to cute.
Yes I wonder if the parents keep track of who gets fed
I just found a nest under my porch . One baby was hatched today and 3 more eggs waiting to hatch
OMG! A california scrub got our baby finches. It was so sad coming to the nest and seeing it totally empty after days of the babies chirping.
Yes, those Scrub Jays can be ruthless. I saw one get an older male finch one time.
Yes i enjoyed Thank you Very much.
You are very welcome!
Great video! These are House Finches. Purple Finches are a completely different bird.
I have 2 little hatchlings in my hedges right by my window. I enjoy watching them.
I bet your cat likes watching them too!
@@garysbackyard2517 yes they do.
Beautiful sharing friend 👍👍👍
Thank you! Cheers!
I found two nestling finches in my garden and took them in for safety and are now fledglings, one is ready to fly away. I’m going to intend to release them tomorrow, it is such a bitter sweet moment. May they have a safe and fulfilling life ❤️🥲♥️
Congrats for successful fledglings! That is quite a feat!
so adorable ❤️
Thank you!
So cute! We learned so much. We have a nest we are watching and are wondering why only one egg hatched in 2 days. Now we know to keep watching!
Yes keep watching and hopefully you’ll catch some key moments!!
We had one for about 4 months. Rescued her from sidewalk and couldn’t find the nest or parents. Hand fed her until she could feed herself and we let her fly around the house. She was so smart and followed us everywhere. Then one day she decided to escape and flew out the door and was gone. We miss her, but we know we saved her life. Hope to see her again sometime.
Oh that is such a nice story! Maybe she'll come back and raise a brood of her own!
@@garysbackyard2517 I am going to build a nesting box and hopefully she will use it.
Great video! I love the fact that there is no stupid music.
Glad you liked it!
Also both species have red rump . And the female purple finch would have a white eye stripe , which as you see , this female does not .
These are in fact house finches :)
got it
My budgie has made friends with the house finches who visit the feeder outside her window. She has learned a version of their call and utters a sharp whistle to call them over when she hears them down the street at their house. I hope they don’t go away and leave her bereft!
How interesting and smart bird too!
Very informative and interesting video I've seen. I have small yard where I put feed for house finches in Bandung, Indonesia.
Every in the morning, afternoon and evening finches come and play around the small bowl.
Thanks for making a beatiful video on finches.
I'm glad that you enjoyed the video!
This is great! I have some house finches at my house right now (about 12 days old). I'd love for the finches to come nest here again but the poop wreath is gross! Should I clean out the poop or take out the nest entirely when all the babies leave the nest? There had been a nest prior to this batch and mama renovated it, so I'm not sure if keeping the nest there (poop and all?) will encourage her to come back.
Yes I know that it is gross. I cleaned out the nest since I knew the Scrub Jay may come back and put in a bird house in its place. But no birds this year. I have a feeling that they will come back if you leave the nest but I know it looks very nasty!
Awww so adorable 😍
Thank you!
Better than the educational movies we watched in elementary school!
Thank you! I certainly learned a lot from making this video!
They are such sweet little birds.I have a bunch of them in my yard.Purple finches.
And always singing away!
@@garysbackyard2517 Yes,always singing.That is part of their beauty.
These are house finches, not purple finches. Female purple finches have white "eyebrows."
Thank you for this video, I have a cam on one currently but it’s not the best angle. When the eggs first started hatching the mom startled when my husband opened the front door early in the morning (the nest is high up on my porch) when she took off a newly hatched baby must have been stuck to her and fell to the cement below. I gently scooped it up and placed it back in the nest, it was moving its mouth open slowly but I don’t know if it made it or not. There were 5 eggs initially and I can only count 4 baby’s, it’s day 11.
I wish we could post photos on here. I have a house finch nest on a wreath at front door. The mother left for a few today and I got up on a chair from inside my house and was able to get a photo from the window. She had 4 or 5 eggs but all I see is two little things with skin and a little fur. I dunno if something happened to the other eggs unless the two babies are laying on them. I wish I knew how to tell if there a day old or more. Either way it’s such a joy to watch and an honor too that they picked my front door 😆
The mother probably laid those eggs on sequential days and so the chicks will each hatch about a day apart. So keep on looking and you should see some more chicks soon! Good luck!
@@garysbackyard2517 Hey so question the babies all hatched a few days after I posted that I didn’t realize there were 4 in there. Question do you know the feeding habit of the parents. All day yesterday I noticed the mom wasn’t around and I thought they were dead this morning but I went and looked and there moving alittle. I’m just worried because I don’t see the mom around. I thought she would be feeding all day long but that’s not the case
These finches have just nested on my porch lamp and we don’t have the heart to take it down. Looks like it’s going to be a mess to clean it up with all the poop by the end of your video! Maybe we will try hanging a flower basket as some others have done.
Thanks you for sharing it….
My pleasure
So cool.....love it❤️😊🙏🏼
I'm glad that you enjoyed it!
Very interesting! Some just built a nest and laid eggs on my porch so I got curious
Thanks for watching the video!
Life of a bird 🐦 Thanks.
You are very welcome!
Sadly, for the second time this summer, we have awoken and found our house finch nest completely empty. The first time, the eggs were pilfered by a squirrel, we think, because my dog went crazy (a Great Pyrenees) and this time the little guys were about 8 days old, and we have no idea what happened. No sign of them left. :( I'm suspecting a Blue Jay or maybe a Grackle.
I wonder if allowing the dog to patrol the front of the house would keep away potential predators, she has never shown any aggression towards song birds in the past, but she does try to attack crows, raccoons, possums, etc.
Oh sorry to hear about the loss. I know that it is easy to get attached to the little guys!
the parents don't clean the nest like most birds do
They had 6 babies they didn’t have time
Yes, in the beginning when there were just a few chicks, the parents would take the poop out but were quickly overwhelmed as more chicks hatched!
Thank you for Showing God's Beauty so Wonderfully Informatively! =)
You are very welcome- It’s awe inspiring!
Excelente información ilustrada en vídeo sobre estas maravillosas aves.
Tengo la fortuna de que cada año anidan en los helechos de mi ventana. Saludos.
Muchas gracias
You are a purple finch expert.
Not really but thanks for the comment!
Thanks God, they go. 🙂❤️
It was a close call at the very end but thankfully they all got away!
Example of true'love male feeding female ❤️❤️❤️
yes, and it is definitely a team effort!
Wait, so at the end, one of them returns for nostalgic reasons?
I think it is another female that would lay 3 eggs before a Scrub Jay comes and eats the eggs!!
Y’all like it’s cute I’m like them are some quiet chicks and birds I like.
Great!
I loved this video. I’m sad about the end and happy they got away.. the thing is that blue bird looks like a scrub jay and they are extremely smart they plan even future plan things which is rare in the Animal world, he’s going to come back :(
I agree! The Scrub Jays are very smart and he did come back and unfortunately took out the next nest. So I put a birdhouse for finches in its place but no takers yet!
That's a lot of mouths to feed mama and papa❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Yes - a more than full-time job!!
Parabens lindos seus passaros
Thank you so much!
We got the same finches that made a nest in our wreath, had 3 eggs. Sadly a week in a stray cat got one, I was watching them all the time and started bringing them in at night, but again today the same cat struck and ate another, I was so upset. The smallest one is left, and I'm hoping he makes it. Mom and dad bird were taking such good care of them
Oh sorry to hear that!
@@garysbackyard2517 The feral/stray cat(s) will be back. I recommend trapping to remove - or controlling by other means. Cats are easily the #1 threat to backyard wild birds across the country.
I have a family of 10-12 house finches who live in my garage. The only predators that can get them are humans. The garage door is cracked enough so they can leave if they choose to. Every night however, as soon as the sun starts to set, however many birds flew out of the garage during the day returns to the garage in the evening. I don't know if they will mate and lay their eggs in the garage come spring, but I am stocking up on terracotta pots and straw/nesting material for them so I'm crossing my fingers. That way, the parents won't have to worry about predators.
Hey that's great - if you remember let me know how that works out!
Sir your videos are great, I'm doing the same thing. I'm shooting with my mobile camera. I need some cameras like you. I have no idea about the camera. Please let me know which camera you are using and what type of camera you are using
Wow you have a lot of subscribers and your videos look great - nice and clear! I'm thinking that I need to get higher resolution cameras like what you have been using! Please subscribe to my channel!
I think I have some of these guys right outside my window! They are adorable
Hey you have front row seats to their growing up! Enjoy!
Amazing
I hope to post more videos in the future of other birds and wildlife!
They do too good
Thank you for visiting - hope you enjoyed the video!