I would trim that beak a bit.
I wonder if they're having a problem eating with the shape of that beak.
Sorry about the little one you lost
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Interesting. Do you have any hard evidence that a camera flash can damage the eyes of finches, or birds in general? I know that a flash can scare birds, resulting in injuries from collisions, but I have never heard of eye damage.wildbird wrote: A flash could damage their eyes.