Re: [cobirds] Boulder Purple Finches

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 amyrob...@gmail.com 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
amyrob...@gmail.com

On Oct 26, 2020, at 7:20 PM, Alan Bell <alan...@colorado.edu> 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

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