[Bristol-Birds] Olivaceous Purple Finch - Claytor Lake
- From: Herdfanmark@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 18:25:42 EST
Greetings,
Today @ 3:00 I watched a "company" of 11 Purple Finches
descend on my Sunflower feeders. I was looking through & counting them, saw 4
raspberry colored ones and this one that stuck out from the others in a
different way. This rump coloration may not be that unusual, yet I have never
seen it before.
None of the field guides show or comment on it. I have seen yellow variant
House Finches here before, but I haven't seen this color on a Purple
Finch. Have any of you ever noticed this on Purple Finches before ?
The lighting was poor today & the yellow-olive colored area appeared
brighter to my eye than it does in the photo.
I did an online search, but not find much about this on Purple Fiches,
except for this 1927 Mass. banding report:
_http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/JFO/b003n03/p0062-p0068.pdf_
(http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/JFO/b003n03/p0062-p0068.pdf)
Good Birding
Mark Mullins
Pulaski County, Va
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