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Carpodacus mexicanus
The 2 male House Finch's here show 2 ends of the spectrum for how much red can be on the breast. The first one almost looks like a Purple Finch, but the white wing bars and faint brown streaks on the side of the breast belong to House Finch.
Spotted on Nov 30, 2014
Submitted on Nov 30, 2014
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Thanks Mark. Today was a mild day around 48F, but 4 days ago we got 6 inches of wet heavy snow. There were around 75 of these birds in the fields at this location today, and 2 weeks ago there was the largest flock of House Finches I've ever seen with at least 300 birds.
Very nice indeed Tom. I Hope they're surviving the current weather.