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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 18, 2007
7:26 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
7:27 AM Post #4205956
| Thank you! :-) 
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gardenpom
Melbourne, FL
(Zone 9b)
November 18, 2007
8:26 AM Post #4206013
| Some type of female Grosbeak? |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 18, 2007
8:30 AM 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 18, 2007
8:12 PM 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 18, 2007
8:20 PM Post #4207981
| Looks to me to be a female Purple Finch. |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 18, 2007
8:22 PM Post #4207988
| Wow the plumage is very much like a female Purple Finch.
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Resin
Northumberland
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 9a)
November 18, 2007
8:37 PM 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 18, 2007
8:43 PM 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 18, 2007
8:44 PM Post #4208071
| #2 
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pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 18, 2007
8:46 PM Post #4208080
| Thats it sadie! |
pelletory
Marlton, NJ
November 18, 2007
8:51 PM 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 18, 2007
8:51 PM 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 18, 2007
8:52 PM Post #4208102
| Woops, forgot the pic. 
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sadie_mae
Central, KY
(Zone 6b)
November 18, 2007
8:56 PM 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 18, 2007
9:32 PM Post #4208239
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| Quoted: | | 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 18, 2007
10:12 PM Post #4208399
| Darn! I know there has to be males around somewhere,lol.
I'll keep looking. :-) |
