I’m sort of hijacking your thread (sorry about that!!), but since you’re talking about finches: I had this guy in my yard today, hanging with a flock of house finches. I’m not good enough at this yet to say what he is. I think not a house finch, but I’m not sure between purple and Cassins? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Amy Roberts Ft. Collins [email protected] > On Oct 26, 2020, at 7:20 PM, Alan Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > > A female and 2 male Purple Finches came by our feeders north of Boulder this > afternoon. The female was around for a while, so I was able to study it. It > seemed somewhat in between the e and w varieties pictured in Sibley. Crest; > bill not as sharply conical as a Cassins; whitish underparts with dark broad > streaking; primary projection longish but not specially long; weak face > pattern; narrow white rim under eye, rump light brown with some vague > mottling. While I was working on such details, two males suddenly appeared > for about half a minute, and didn't return. > Not a bad day--a Prairie Falcon zoomed by in the morning for a bonus. > > Alan Bell, Boulder > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2EAB195F-564C-4C08-93F2-31779E6B7BAA%40colorado.edu. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/B2CDF177-E812-4B0F-A847-A088949FC8F3%40gmail.com.
