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From: andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews)
Newsgroups: net.rec.birds
Subject: Re: House Finches
Message-ID: <1203@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 19:13:46 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 19:13:46 1985
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Reply-To: andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews)
Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Summary: 

In article <849@mtuxo.UUCP> rsl@mtuxo.UUCP (r.little) writes:
>	                 ... Are House Finches, which seem to be
>progressively spreading across the USA, any more "desirable" than
>House Sparrows?  Will the novelty of their color and song wear thin
>after they have taken over?  What is their impact on native fauna?

     I thought that House Finches were native to N. America, whereas House
Sparrows (weaver finches) were introduced.  If this is right, I would doubt
that the Finches are expanding their range.
     If it is right, what direction are they spreading? (I won't ask where
they are now, as I can look that up in my Birds of NA.)
     --Jamie.
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