Hawfinch

Local names for the hawfinch include berry breaker and cherry finch.

• Experiments have shown that the hawfinch exerts a force of over 110 lbs. to crack open an olive stone - a feat for a bird weighing only 2 oz.
• A feeding flock of hawfinches can sometimes be located by the sound of cracking fruit pits.
• The hawfinch is generally nonmigratory, although some northerly birds winter south of