Hi Eric,
I have banded over 4000 rosy finches and find almost no overlap in
species. Having banded all of those finches there has been maybe 4-5 that
seemed to be hybrids. However, you might want to be aware that some adult
females brown-capped finches will have very little pink on them. Last year
I caught a three year old female that looked like a juvenile. I know it was
a three year old because I banded it at my house and recaptured it there.
Have you noticed any banded birds?
Scott Rashid
Estes Park
On Mon, 2 Jan 2017 22:51:16 -0700, Eric Hynes <erichynes28@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello Colorado Birders:
> Ive been thoroughly enjoying my first winter in CO (Telluride) being
> overrun by rosy-finches. I grossly underestimated my budget for hulled
> sunflower. Peak numbers on a daily basis range between 200 and 550
> rosy-finches. Picking out Black and Gray-crowned among the Brown Capped
> Rosy-Finches has been a delightful game of Wheres Waldo.
> When it comes to Gray-crowned, Hepburns like this
> one: https://flic.kr/p/QNkVhE [1] are easy to spot. And conspicuous
> adults of the interior race like this one: https://flic.kr/p/NDMAEL [2]
> are also fairly obvious.
> Here is a straight forward adult Brown-capped: https://flic.kr/p/QNmnvw
> [3] and a first winter bird: https://flic.kr/p/PCbF5z [4]
> Where the water gets murky for me and where I am asking for input is an
> individual like this: https://flic.kr/p/QNphK3 [5]
> I find I spot the nonBrown-capped birds easiest using my naked eye, not
> binoculars. They tend to catch my eye because the supercilium is
> cleaner/brighter gray and contrasts more conspicuously with a darker
> brown cheek and chest.
> The bird in question jumped out to my eye because of its brighter gray
> supercilium contrasting with a pretty dark cheek. However, the gray
> doesnt wrap up onto the crown and nape as much as I would expect. Where
> in the spectrum does this individual fall? I am inclined to call it a
> Gray-crowned but could it be at the extreme end of Brown-capped? I am
> struggling to find references that clean this mess up. Perhaps
rosy-finch
> sp. is the best label for these tweeners.
> Thanks in advance for any comments or references.
> Cheers,Eric.....................Eric Hynes
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