Subject: Re: Bird ID
Date: Jul 10 23:55:11 1998
From: Gerald Hamilton - gerald at e-z.net


Joanne Powell wrote:
>
> In response to Jim Brewster's finch:
>
> Hi Jim: Don't know how many responses you've gotten to this but here's one
> more.
>
> I have lived in various parts of the country and have seen house finches in
> deep purplely red, bright red, reddish orange, orange (oriole type orange),
> yellow-orange and "goldfinch" yellow. I have read that house finches are
> particularly susceptible to chromatic mutations (but not what causes them,
> if known). Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Joanne Powell
> Reardan, Wa
> jhpowell at snapwa.org
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..........When I was looking out the viewing window at the refuge
visitor's center at Tule Lake NWR....n.e.Calif....in late Apr.....I saw
4 different color variations on House Finches that fluttered to the
feeders. Even up here in Wash. I have seen some divergent color
variations.

Gerald Hamilton
gerald at e-z.net