Looks like a classic Cassin's where the forehead is the most vivid red/pink on the whole birds--combined with the very lightly streaked strawberry-colored breast looks perfect. The straight culmen (top edge of the upper bill) compared to the curved culmen of a House Finch is also a plus.
Carl Bendorf Longmont On Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 11:01:21 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > 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/07f413c1-0c1d-4c69-9e13-30728a04eae6n%40googlegroups.com.
