Purple or House finch (1 Viewer)

Dingoblu

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• Apr 27, 2005

• #1

At first I thought these were House finches at my feeder, but after getting these pics back and looking them over I think that they may in fact be Purple Finches instead. Can anyone help clarify it for me?

Thanks!

 

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crispycreme

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• Apr 27, 2005

• #2

Purple. Send one this way.


BTW - Here's a great page illustrating the differences between the three birds (House, Cassin's & Purple):

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/finchIDtable.html

As you can see, your bird is almost a twin of Cornell's idealized depiction of the Purple.

 

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Wan2caTanager

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• Apr 27, 2005

• #3

I agree, a purple finch. |=)| Thanks for the site, crispycream! Thats great! |=)|

 

Dingoblu

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• Apr 28, 2005

• #4

crispycreme said:

BTW - Here's a great page illustrating the differences between the three birds (House, Cassin's & Purple):

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/finchIDtable.html

As you can see, your bird is almost a twin of Cornell's idealized depiction of the Purple.

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thanks for the site info.. that really shows the differences quite clearly