Re: [cobirds] Purple Finch - Broomfield

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 <quetzal65@comcast.net> wrote:

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 PM, 'Chris Petrizzo' via Colorado Birds <cobirds@googlegroups.com> wrote:

A while back when I was getting serious about birding, I posted to this list that I'd found a flock of Purple Finches in Lyons; a few of you then introduced me to Cassin's Finches. :-) :-)

I promptly sent out a correction. 

But now I have redemption, and today found what certainly seems to be an actual Purple Finch! And the behavior is just like some of you told me it would be - a single bird at someone's feeder. 

Location and photos can be found on the eBird list: https://ebird.org/checklist/S75437331

Happy birding,

- Chris Petrizzo, Broomfield

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