The female-type Purple Finch has not shown up yet this morning, but I had to leave for work. I will keep people posted if it does show up after work or if someone tells me they saw it.
Thanks. Bryan Bryan Guarente Instructional Designer/Meteorologist UCAR/The COMET Program Boulder, CO On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Bryan Guarente <[email protected]> wrote: > The female-type Purple Finch has shown up again this morning at my yard in > Longmont, CO. I am willing to have folks stop by to see her BEFORE 2pm > today. Email me if you are interested in coming over and I will give you > more details. Thanks. > > Bryan > > Bryan Guarente > Instructional Designer/Meteorologist > UCAR/The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 8:56 PM, Bryan Guarente <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> For those interested in the female "eastern" Purple Finch seen today, I >> can give you more details and more photos. >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/dafekt1ve/ >> >> Five of the photos are by John Vanderpoel (noted in the details) and >> three are mine. >> >> *Discussion:* >> This bird showed up this morning at my feeders with a large flock of >> House Finches. I had been watching the feeders as there were 10 species >> visible in just my backyard (not counting flyovers). I was enjoying the >> diversity, when this finch landed in view with a large white eyestripe. I >> told my wife it was a Cassin's Finch, but immediately started doubting >> myself since I hadn't looked at it long enough. Upon further reflection, >> this bird had >> >> - a curved culmen on a shorter beak than is expected from Cassin's >> Finch >> - buffy sides (not always visible in the photos) >> - darkest brown on its auriculars >> - no eyering >> - thick, dark streaks on the white breast and sides >> - unmarked undertail coverts >> - and overall color darker than surrounding House Finches >> - David Dowell heard the bird call in flight multiple times and >> described it as a "pik". >> >> Heard from multiple people after posting to CoBirds. Some doubt was cast >> on this bird because of the photos not showing the buffy sides. But I can >> guarantee they were present on the bird in person. >> >> *Visiting/Chasing this bird:* >> I did NOT see the bird after 2:10pm this afternoon. The House Finches >> were still present but there was no Purple Finch amongst them. I will post >> to CoBirds in the morning if the bird shows up again. I am happy to have >> visitors before 2pm tomorrow. After that, my work schedule is going to >> change. If you would like to try to chase the bird, please email me back >> for address and phone number. The bird is not easily seen from the streets >> due to a privacy fence. Entering into the yard will cause the birds to >> disperse as the yard is not very large, so please DO NOT enter into the >> gated yard if you do choose to chase this bird. I am willing to entertain >> folks in the house for viewing. This is a much better option with the temps >> forecast for tomorrow. >> >> Let me know if you would like to chase this bird tomorrow. I will post >> if the bird shows. If you don't hear from me, the bird hasn't shown up. >> >> Bryan >> >> Bryan Guarente >> Instructional Designer/Meteorologist >> UCAR/The COMET Program >> Boulder, CO >> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 10:59 AM, Bryan Guarente < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Having made the mistake many times before (Purple versus Cassin's >>> Finch), I am hesitant to call this bird a Purple Finch. I am pretty >>> convinced though this time and have some photos for your perusal, and more >>> opinions are appreciated. Will discuss more later, but here are the >>> initial photos. >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/dafekt1ve/15588523669/in/photostream/ >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/dafekt1ve/15772478681/in/photostream/ >>> >>> Let me know what you think. >>> >>> Bryan Guarente >>> Instructional Designer/Meteorologist >>> UCAR/The COMET Program >>> Boulder, CO >>> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAENnWHu-L%2Bet-BThAgN3YPgmp92%2B80oz1Mad-mtioVP37mBPZQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
