[obol] Name That Finch

[Alan Contreras]

This is a somewhat ambiguous finch, but I think it is a Purple.  The face
pattern looks too brutal for Cassin's, and the bill is pretty large and
streaking fairly heavy and furry.

-- 
Alan Contreras
EUGENE, OREGON
acontrer at mindspring.com


> From: Mark Nikas <marknikas at comcast.net>
> Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 18:41:53 -0700
> To: OBOL <obol at lists.orst.edu>
> Subject: [obol] Name That Finch
> 
> This past May I briefly saw a female finch at Foster Res. near Sweethome
> (Linn County) that I thought was a Cassin's. The bird was silent and active
> in the foliage making viewing a challenge. What first drew my attention to
> this bird was the notched tail and streaked undertail coverts. I am now
> going through my photos and have second thoughts about this bird. I have
> never seen a Purple Finch with streaked undertail coverts but I hear they
> exist.
> 
> Those of you that were around Malheur HQ recently when I thought I might
> have a Black-throated Green Warbler based solely on a rear end view know I
> should wait and see both ends of a bird before identifying it.
> 
> The photos I have of the finch give better front end views than I had
> through my binoculars at the time of observation. Below are 3 links to
> photos of the bird. Any comments?
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=184434519&size=o
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=184434517&size=o
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=184434516&size=o
> 
> Mark Nikas
> Eugene
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