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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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
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
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 d
