Sherry,

I've never seen a yellow one but the "Sibley Guide to Birds" on the
bottom of page 529 has an illustration of a House Finch yellow variant
and says "Occasional; most frequent in the southwest. Yellow variant is
extremely rare in Purple and Cassin's."

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah

Sherry Hagen wrote:

> My sister in Spokane, WA sent me this photo of ONE of two Cassin?s
> Finches coming to her feeder that is orange rather than the reddish
> color.
>
> I have never seen them in this color before. I know and have seen
> House Finches in all shades from pale yellow to orange to bright red
> but not Cassin?s Finches.
>
> Has anyone experience or knowledge in this area?
>
> See the photo at: http://home.pacifier.com/~birder/casfinch.html
>
> Sherry Hagen
> Vancouver, WA
> littlebirder at pacifier.com
>
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