Re: [cobirds] Purple Finch

You might not want to exclude Cassin's Finch by season yet - I saw one this morning in my yard in NW COS, and others all week. But I can almost always see their distinctive "crest". Not many males this winter, maybe only a handful, and not in the last six weeks, but "female" types are still coming to the feeders.

Steve Brown

Colorado Springs

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On Mar 6, 2021, at 9:35 AM, Ira Sanders <zroadrunner14@gmail.com> wrote:



Birders,

This morning at 9 am when I was putting out the feeders and refilling, I had 3 female birds that at 1st struck me as Cassin's Finches but this isn't the weather that I normally get any Cassin's. I didn't want to flush them as they were in the seed tray and then went to the water so I stood there w/o binos or a camera.  I looked at them for several minutes and noted that they were darker than I remembered Cassin's and bigger headed.  They were heavily streaked all the way down their sides and the streaking was much more distinct than House Finches.  The head pattern really stood out.

After they left the water they flew into the trees across the street.  I'll watch for them.

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Ira Sanders

Golden, CO

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