Purple Finch. I can say with 100% certainty that it was not a purple fence!
Anita
On 3/27/21 9:58 PM, Anita Huffman wrote:
Thanks for the pictures. Very interesting! There are several reasons IYou are subscribed to VA-BIRD. To post to this mailing list, simply send email
thought it was a grosbeak.
1. It had the large grosbeak beak, not a pointed blackbird-type beak
2. my little feeder is just about 5 ft from my kitchen door, so we saw
it a pretty close-range
3. it had large white eyebrow stripe
4. It had very light or white underparts with brown streaks, not the
browner underparts of the RW blackbird female
If they come back in the morning, I will try to take a picture. I don't
have a good camera but will keep a cell phone handy. If it turns out to
be a female blackbird or a female purple fence I will post it anyway. :)
No one is infallible.
Anita Huffman
Rugby, VA
Grayson County
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