South Dakota Birds and Birding
Purple Finch Photos
Photography by Terry Sohl
My Favorite: You wouldn't know it by all the photos below, but I simply haven't seen Purple Finches very often. I get House Finches at my feeders, but never have had a Purple Finch. They're around the area in winter, although they're unpredictable and not always present. Nearly all the photos below were taken during one very "finchy" winter in 2007/2008, when there were not only many Purple Finches around, but also more Pine Siskins than normal. My favorite is below, of a male foraging through the dry autumn leaves at the Big Sioux Recreation Area in November 2007.
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| Purple Finch 1 (Male) | Purple Finch 2 (Female) | Purple Finch 3 (Male) | Purple Finch 4 (Male) |
| November 4th, 2007 | November 4th, 2007 | November 4th, 2007 | November 4th, 2007 |
| Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota |
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| Purple Finch 5 (Female) | Purple Finch 6 (Female) | Purple Finch 7 (Male) | Purple Finch 8 (Female) |
| November 4th, 2007 | November 4th, 2007 | November 15th, 2007 | November 12th, 2007 |
| Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota |
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| Purple Finch 9 (Male) | Purple Finch 10 (Female) | Purple Finch 11 (Male) | Purple Finch 12 (Female) |
| November 7th, 2007 | November 7th, 2007 | November 7th, 2007 | November 7th, 2007 |
| Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota |
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| Purple Finch 13 (Male) | Purple Finch 14 (Female) | Purple Finch 15 (Male) | Purple Finch 16 (Male) |
| November 7th, 2007 | November 9th, 2007 | November 9th, 2007 | December 7th, 2007 |
| Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota | Big Sioux Recreation Area, South Dakota |
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| Purple Finch 17 (Male) | Purple Finch 18 (Female) | Purple Finch 19 (Female) |
| March 21st, 2010 | March 21st, 2010 | December 30th, 2014 |
| Perry Nature Area near Sioux Falls, S. Dakota | Perry Nature Area near Sioux Falls, S. Dakota | Sax-Zim Bog, Minnesota |
Click here for the species description page for the Purple Finch