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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 18, 2007 11:26 AM Post #4205955
| Notice the white brow.
Sorry I didn't have time to look very well for an ID myself.
2 pics
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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 18, 2007 11:27 AM Post #4205956
| Thank you! :-) 
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gardenpom
Melbourne, FL
November 18, 2007 12:26 PM Post #4206013
| Some type of female Grosbeak? |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 18, 2007 12:30 PM Post #4206019
| Hi GP, That crossed my mind too but it doesn't seem to completely match up. The streaking on the breast seems too wide.
If it was I would be one happy camper!
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Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom (Zone 9a)
November 19, 2007 12:12 AM Post #4207957
| Tough one to call. The plumage looks most like female Purple Finch, but the bill is strongly curved above, more like House Finch bill shape.
Resin
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jws1949
Milwaukee, WI
November 19, 2007 12:20 AM Post #4207981
| Looks to me to be a female Purple Finch. |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 19, 2007 12:22 AM Post #4207988
| Wow the plumage is very much like a female Purple Finch.
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Purple_...
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Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom (Zone 9a)
November 19, 2007 12:37 AM Post #4208036
| Problem is, look at the bill - in the Cornell photos, the top side of the bill (tech term: the culmen) is nearly straight; in your pic, it is quite obviously curved, more like a House Finch's bill.
Sibley does however say 'slightly curved' for Purple Finch (in contrast to the absolutely straight culmen on Cassin's Finch), so it may be something that varies a bit from individual to individual.
Resin
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sadie_mae
Central, KY (Zone 6b)
November 19, 2007 12:43 AM Post #4208065
| That looks like a bird I've seen for the last 2 days that I wasn't sure about either. The only thing I could find that looked like a match was a female Purple Finch. I need to be sure because I'm wanting to report it to the Feeder Watch program I'm doing. Here are a couple of my photos. 
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sadie_mae
Central, KY (Zone 6b)
November 19, 2007 12:44 AM Post #4208071
| #2 
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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 19, 2007 12:46 AM Post #4208080
| Thats it sadie! |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 19, 2007 12:51 AM Post #4208092
| Here she is again but on the back of a feeder.
Might these gentlemen with her possibly be Purple Finch? |
jws1949
Milwaukee, WI
November 19, 2007 12:51 AM Post #4208097
| Sadie Mae,
Report it. It's definitely a Purple Finch (female). One of the good field marks is the dark splotch below the beak.
Jimbo |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 19, 2007 12:52 AM Post #4208102
| Woops, forgot the pic. 
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sadie_mae
Central, KY (Zone 6b)
November 19, 2007 12:56 AM Post #4208115
| Thanks, I'll report it as such!
I wonder where the guys are? I've had a few House Finch male and female but haven't seen anything that looks like the male PF. To me, the male PF and HF are the hardest to tell apart, except for some of the sparrows. |
Resin
Northumberland
United Kingdom (Zone 9a)
November 19, 2007 1:32 AM Post #4208239
| Quoting:Might these gentlemen with her possibly be Purple Finch?
They're two male House Finches with the female Purple
Resin
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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 19, 2007 2:12 AM Post #4208399
| Darn! I know there has to be males around somewhere,lol.
I'll keep looking. :-) |
