Mike Scheller says:

I have a pair (I believe they’re a ‘couple’) that I see visiting my platform feeder nearly every day. I’ve seen as many as ten to twelve at once on the platform, but they’re quite busy. This was a week or two ago during a change in the weather and it was quite overcast. The interesting thing to me is that these finches appear to be nesting in my old Purple Martin house which still sits on its twenty foot pole. I sometimes hear them chirping away when I’m walking by. I haven’t had martins for probably thirty years or more. The outside of the house appears Ok,but it’s made of metal and rods that once held dividers that separated the the front and back compartments have rusted into two pieces and I’ve found the broken parts on the ground below. I believe that some compartments now are double sized with a front and back entrance. Maybe the spice finches like it like that.

Elizabeth says:

They’re also in Hollywood! I have a bird feeder on my rooftop and I see them every day.

Kjohnson says:

Small flocks of two to six, NutMeg Mannikins, have been visiting my feeders the last two years. Orange County, CA.

Chrissy J says:

Just spent the last two hours looking through my bird books trying to identify 2 of these unusual beauties at my feeder. It was so exciting because I normally get mostly sparrows and house finches with the Mourning Doves trying to but in. I live in the Mission Hills (coastal) area of San Diego. I hope they return!

Pam See says:

I forgot to mention these beauties were in Arroyo Grande, CA.

steve rundell says:

Hello, i live in Houston Texas not far from Memorial Park for a reference of my location. For the last three years I have had 8-12 of these cuties sharing tube feeder with House finches all year round. I have also seen them carrying nesting materials in the neighborhood, but have not located any nest sites. Lots of fun to watch at my feeders.

Melissa says:

We have about 20-30 nutmegs at our feeders here in west Houston. They love to take baths in our bog filter. Hilarious to see them all splashing around together. We love these birds! So honored they have chosen our yard.

Karen Beckman says:

I received my first iPad when I turned 60. 11 years ago. I noticed outside our Hollywood Hills home on top a recently chopped tree stump, a group of almost 50, tiny birds which I identified as Spice Finches. I had to use a periscope to see them. So began my birding experience, right from my bedroom room.
They still come and go in various groups of at least 10 or more. They fly similarly to Humming birds and sing beautifully together .

Sylvia Wilkinson says:

I live in El Segundo, CA and have a National Wildlife Habitat for a yard. An amazing thing happened today. I have a large group of spice finches that come every day, easily two dozen of them. I have to refill their feeders constantly and they kick the water out of the bird bath, many in there at once. Early this morning I saw a pure white finch with all the others. There was no hostility towards it. It drank from the same dish and pecked up the same finch seeds. I read somewhere that that happens only one in 30,000 but I find that hard to believe. I wasn’t close enough to see if it had pink eyes.

Mary Ann Hannon says:

Should have added that I live in Livermore, CA.

Rebecca Wright says:

There are four of these beautiful Nutmeg Mannikins visiting my feeder this week! They are tolerated by the sparrows at the feeder. We are in San Marcos, CA…They are very lovely to watch.