[birdky] Re: house finch v purple finch

I  would like to know distinctive markings between house and purple finch. I 
think all of mine are house finches but would like to be sure.  Is there ONE 
marking that tells them apart easily?.

Millie Farmer
Louisville, KY
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  Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:14 PM
  Subject: [birdky] house finch v purple finch


  The birds on my feeders that everyone around me has been calling purple 
finches appear to me to be house finches based on wing markings.  I have yet to 
see anything i think is a purple finch. Is one more common that the other, or 
just everyone who knows a little assumes they are all purple finches.
  Jeff Grimes
  Woodlawn, Tn (home) & Clarksville, TN (work)





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