Thanks, everybody, for your input. Unanimous opinion on this one is Cassins. I’m just glad I was right in saying not a house finch! I was going to feel really silly otherwise. Lol. Thanks again!
On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 12:41 PM > > On Oct 27, 2020, at 11:01 AM, Amy Roberts <[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- > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/2EAB195F-564C-4C08-93F2-&source=gmail-imap&ust=1604422884000000&usg=AOvVaw12BS9ocxL5RaBE57PiBCbP> > 31779E6B7BAA%40colorado.edu > <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://40colorado.edu&source=gmail-imap&ust=1604422884000000&usg=AOvVaw0GiyC-_5olLTKTPtPAmxf8> > . > > <F2583F62-5E01-48F4-B8ED-D438938B80E9.jpeg> > <0792120B-410D-4572-A27D-FEE98D195BA4.jpeg> > <CF7EA172-795E-4A18-9DD8-BFF730EAF676.jpeg> > > -- > 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 > <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/B2CDF177-E812-4B0F-A847-A088949FC8F3%2540gmail.com?utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dfooter&source=gmail-imap&ust=1604422884000000&usg=AOvVaw2ei9v1z-p4kBfArNj3uqHZ> > . > > -- 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/CANP%3DHdy1eUTHsvkSheoXjOBgT6XdXPhPMp11MiBzMAOVE%2B7utA%40mail.gmail.com.
