Hello all,
I identified a Little Gull at Platte Canyon Reservoir (Douglas County) this
morning at 945 AM. The gull was actively flying along the southern shore
and not associating with any other gulls in the area. This spot has not
historically been great at attracting much more than common bir
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
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> On Oct 27, 2020, at 11:01 AM, Amy Roberts wrote:
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> I’m sort o
After review of many photos of both species using the Explore feature of eBird,
I am on board with Purple Finch. The curved
culmen of the upper mandible, the deep chocolate brown of the plumage on the
head and back with some white streaking on the back, as well as unmarked under
tail coverts are
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
Hi All,
I think the streakyness is subjective, as I think Chris's photos show a
more blurry set of streaks than I would expect on Cassin's Finch. I think
the bill shape, being stubby and very thick, is different than I would
expect on a Cassin's finch. The facial pattern seems to be stronger th
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 h
Lack of dark streaks on undertail coverts favors PUFI, i recall.
Joe Roller
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> On Oct 27, 2020, at 7:50 AM, Nicholas Komar wrote:
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> Chris,
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> Separating Cassin’s Finch females from Purple Finch female can be very
> tricky. I think the streaked throat and rump, pale eye
Chris,
Separating Cassin’s Finch females from Purple Finch female can be very tricky.
I think the streaked throat and rump, pale eye ring and crisply streaked breast
support an ID of Cassin’s Finch. Did you hear it call? Call notes differ.
Nick Komar
Fort Collins.
> On Oct 26, 2020, at 5:08
