Costa Hummingbird on a Saliva clevelandii Alpine. Native plants support native birds and butterflies.

Las Pilitas Nursery

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Santa Margarita, CA 93453

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Purple Finch- Carpodacus purpureus

The diet of the Purple Finch is everything from  soft leaves and flowers through seeds and  insects.This finch lives along the populated coastal areas of California in winter. Plant some Toyons and manzanitas for them.
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Purple Finches at bird bath. - grid24_12
A Purple Finch showing red in the Heteromeles arbutifolia, Toyon. Showing his brick head. - grid24_6
A Purple Finch- Carpodacus purpureus at the bird bath - grid24_6
Purple finch at the birdbath. - grid24_6

A Purple finch eating Austin Griffin Manzanita Flowers.