Hi Brian,
This is a female Purple Finch, in which I think this kind of conjunctivitis
is more common.
Best birding,
Stefan
On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 9:42 AM Brian Hendrix <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
This bird has now visited my feeder station now for the last 4 days. I
believe it’s a female Rose-breasted Grosbeak from the pattern on the chest.
However, I’ve never known them to have conjunctivitis like House Finches.
Either way, I’ll be cleaning these feeders today.
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