Snowbirds and raspberry finch

I know. I know. Most people call the birds on the left juncos. And I made up the term "raspberry finch" -- or at least I *think* I made it up.

And I know too this raspberry hasn't got a bit of raspberry tinge on her. It's her boyfriends that apparently get to name the species, whether the name used by most people (who call them purple finches) or by idiosyncratic fellas like me.

This was this morning outside our kitchen window where hundreds of birds were congregated to feed from our seed and suet. The snow has come and the birds know where the feeders are. Smart little dinosaurs.