Thanks, Jack. This IS a great study of a yellow variant, which I've seen occassionally at a feeder several blocks
east of Carkeek Park this spring. Threw me when I first saw it, except it's so distinctly House Finchy.

Patricia Lott
Seattle, WA

Jack Bowling wrote:

> ** Reply to message from ian paulsen <ipaulsen at krl.org> on Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:29:45 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > HI ALL:
> > If you are interested in House Finches see the article in the latest
> > issue of NATURAL HISTORY. It talks about how adaptable they are!
>
> For those wishing a killer photo of the yellow/orange variant of the House Finch, check out the following page:
>
> http://www.westol.com/~banding/Pictorial_Highlights_March_2002.htm
>
> jb
>
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> Jack Bowling
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