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11 unusual facts about Finch


Golden-winged grosbeak

Altogether, Rhynchostruthus seems to belong to a group of Carduelinae which includes such birds as Carduelis, the Oriole Finch (Linurgus olivaceus), and the canaries, many of which have large amounts of brilliant yellow plumage.

History of Finchley

The end of the name, "ley", suggests an opening in woodland, and the beginning, "Finch", refers either to the bird, or a person called Finch.

Jeff Soto

Soto created illustrations to be the album art of releases by two post-hardcore bands; Finch's Say Hello To Sunshine in 2005 and Halifax's The Inevitability of a Strange World in 2006.

Kona Grosbeak

I never heard it sing (once mistook the young Rhodacanthis -Greater Koa Finch song for that of Chloridops), but my boy informed me that he had heard it once, and its song was not like that of Rhodocanthis.

Lesser Koa Finch

The females were almost indistinguishable from the species' larger relative, the Greater Koa Finch, other than the fact that the former were slightly darker in color.

Lesser seed-finch

The lesser seed-finches are two species of Thraupids in the genus Oryzoborus.

Letters To You

"Letters to You" is the first single released by Californian post-hardcore band Finch.

Pinzon

Finch, of which several species are named "Pinzón" in Spanish

Scissor-billed Koa Finch

Of the four species in the genus Rhodacanthis, the Scissor-billed Koa Finch and the Primitive Koa Finch became extinct before the arrival of the first Europeans to Hawaii in 1778.

Trias Greenfinch

The Trias Greenfinch (Carduelis triasi) is an extinct passerine from the family of Finches (Fringillidae).

Yariguies Brush-finch

The vernacular name "Yariguies Brush-finch" was selected because the Yellow-breasted Brush Finch, as a subspecies of which it is currently classified, is to be split into several species, and it is not clear at the moment to which of these the newly-described bird would belong (Donegan & Huertas, 2006).


Aaron Finch

Aaron James Finch (born 17 November 1986 in Colac, Victoria) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Victoria, the Melbourne Renegades and the Australia national cricket team.

Annie Finch

Finch's third book of poetry, Calendars, was compared in a review by Ron Silliman to the work of innovative poets Robert Duncan and Bernadette Mayer.

City of Golden Shadow

He discovers himself in a place similar to the chess-land in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, where he is caught in the battle between the red and the white, as well as hunted by Finch and Mullet.

Clearview 77

The band has played countless shows within the East Coast with acts like Face to Face, New Found Glory, Finch, Saves the Day, The Amazing Crowns, US Bombs, Big Wig, Murphy's Law, Alkaline Trio, The Queers, GOB, and many more.

Counterfit

On these tours Counterfit played alongside such bands as Tsunami Bomb, Saves the Day, Hot Rod Circuit, New Found Glory, Superdrag, The Mars Volta, Recover, and Finch.

Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham

They were parents of Sophia Finch and her younger brother George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea.

Edward F. Cox

He was born to Howard Ellis Cox and Anne Crane Delafield (Finch) Cox in Southampton Hospital in Southampton (village), New York and spent his early years attending Westhampton Beach Elementary School.

Finch Avenue

Route 139 Finch-Don Mills Express is a peak-hour bus that serves the Don Mills Station on the Sheppard Subway line and the 199 Finch Rocket is an all day route serving Scarborough Centre Station on the Scarborough RT.

Finch Building

John A. Finch Memorial Nurses Home, Spokane, Washington, also known as Finch Hall, NRHP-listed

Fink

The name Fink is German for finch and is a reference to the name of the Mac OS X core, Darwin; Charles Darwin's study of diversity among finches led him eventually to the concept of evolution.

Fire in the Attic

The same year FITA played some support gigs with groups like Taking Back Sunday, Hot Water Music, Millencolin, Finch and Boysetsfire.

Get Down Live!

#"Boogie Man Medley: I'm Your Boogie Man/Keep It Comin' Love/It's The Same Old Song" (Casey, Finch, Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland) – 4:57

Golden-cheeked Warbler

The Golden-cheeked Warbler also known as the gold finch of Texas(Setophaga chrysoparia) is an endangered species of bird that breeds in Central Texas, from Palo Pinto County southwestward along the eastern and southern edge of the Edwards Plateau to Kinney County.

Gough Finch

Traditionally considered a bunting and placed in the family Emberizidae, it is actually neither a bunting nor a true finch, but belongs to a group of finch-like birds or tanager-finches in the family Thraupidae.

Green World Ecological Farm

:Home to over one hundred species of birds, including: Macaw, Bird of Paradise, Great Curassow, Blue-crowned Pigeon, Green Touraco, Channel-Billed Toucan, Toco Toucan, Golden Pheasant, Vulturine Guineafowl, Wood Duck, Emerald Dove, Violet Turaco, Asian Fairy Bluebird, Red-and-yellow Barbet, Taiwan Sibia, Finch-billed Bulbul and Eclectus Parrot.

Harry Wayne Casey

Other Casey-Finch favorites include "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty," "I'm Your Boogie Man," "Keep It Comin' Love" and "Please Don't Go." "Boogie Shoes" appeared on the soundtrack album for Saturday Night Fever.

Huascarán National Park

A number of endangered birds restricted to relict Polylepis forests call the park home, such as the White-cheeked Cotinga, Plain-tailed Warbling-finch, Giant Conebill, and Tawny Tit-Spinetail.

Inaccessible Island Finch

The Inaccessible Island Finch (Nesospiza acunhae) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family (formerly in Emberizidae).

Isaac Finch

Finch was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 21st United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1829, to March 3, 1831.

James Kip Finch

Among other institutions, Finch was affiliated with the American Society for Engineering Education; the Society for Promotion of Engineering Education; the Newcomen Society of England; Tau Beta Pi; Sigma Xi; the Columbia Faculty Club; the Sanctum club, in Litchfield, CT; and the Century Association in New York.

Jeff Purvis

Despite only racing 4 races for Finch in 1996, the #44 MCA Records Chevy had their best season effort.

Making 8 starts, Purvis ran 3 races for Finch and 5 races for Morgan-McClure Motorsports in their #4 Eastman Kodak Chevy.

In 1996, Purvis and Finch got a new sponsorship deal with MCA Records for 5 races in 1996.

John Bramston, the elder

On 16 April 1640, during the indisposition of the lord keeper Finch, Bramston presided in the House of Lords.

On 21 December of the same year proceedings were commenced in the House of Commons to impeach the lord keeper Finch, Bramston, and five other of the judges who had subscribed the opinion on Ship money.

Larry Finch

In December 2006, the Foundation released a Larry Finch tribute CD called "Eye of the Tiger", featuring performers from Memphis' diverse musical community such as Al Green, The Bar-Kays, Gary Johns, John Kilzer, and Al Kapone.

The forced resignation was a public relations fiasco for the university and athletic director R. C. Johnson, as the deal was finalized immediately following Finch's final game in one of the concession areas of the Pyramid Arena.

Linda Finch

Finch came upon it stored in a hangar at a small grass strip airport near Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin where it had been sitting for years; the wings were off, the engines had been sold and various other parts were missing.

Long-tailed Finch

The Long-tailed Finch was first described by ornithologist John Gould in 1840 as Amadina acuticauda, having been collected by Benjamin Bynoe, the surgeon aboard HMS Beagle.

Mark Simms

In 2006, Simms opposed the installation of police cameras in Jane and Finch on CBLA-FM's Metro Morning with Andy Barrie.

Nancy Atherton

The primary setting is the fictitious village of Finch in the Cotswolds of England and include most of the population in supporting roles, but several books are set in other locales in the United Kingdom or abroad.

Nightingale Island Finch

The Nightingale Island Finch (Nesospiza questi) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family (formerly in Emberizidae).

Norman Augustus Finch

On 22/23 April 1918 at Zeebrugge, Belgium, Sergeant Finch was second in command of the pom-poms and Lewis gun in the foretop of HMS Vindictive.

Pin-tailed Parrotfinch

On August 2, 2007 scientists on an expedition to the upper ranges of Mount Mantalingahan in southern Palawan province in the Philippines announced the discovery, with other animals, of the Pin-tailed parrot finch, according to Dr. Lawrence Heaney, a biologist from the Chicago Field Museum.

Rachael Finch

Despite receiving some negative comments from judge Todd McKenney over lack of content with their choreography, Finch and Miziner had been named the dark horse couple by the judges.

Ray Island

All the common finches can be seen throughout the year, but numbers increase dramatically in winter when large flocks feed on the seed heads of sea aster (Aster tripolium) and other saltmarsh plants.

Richard Reines

Since its establishment in 1996, Drive-Thru Records has achieved notable success with bands including New Found Glory, Fenix*TX, Midtown, Finch, The Starting Line, Something Corporate, The Early November, Dashboard Confessional, Senses Fail and hellogoodbye.

The Toronto Rap Project

Part music video, part investigative journey, the documentary travels to diverse neighborhoods including Jane-Finch, Cataraqui Park in Scarborough, and ends up at a 50 Cent concert in Toronto.

Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera

Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera is a comic opera by David T. Little, to a libretto by Royce Vavrek.

Who Is Cletis Tout?

With Finch's help, Micah manages to break out, and the two get new identities for themselves, courtesy of a coroner (Billy Connolly) who owes Finch a favor.

William Coryton

Finch was then held in his seat by Denzil Holles and Benjamin Valentine while resolutions against Arminianism and illegal exactions were read and declared carried.

Yampi Sound

The Sound contains many islands of the Buccaneer Archipelago the largest being Koolan Island; others include: Cockatoo Island, Irvine Island, Bathurst Island, Finch Islands, Hidden Island, Baylis Islands and Iron Islands.