I've seen yellow/orange varieties of HOFI in the northwest. several were
seen and photographed in the marymoor peapatch and around juanita bay park
last year...

00 caren
http://www.parkgallery.org
kirkland
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[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Larry
Schwitters
Sent: Tuesday, 2005 April 26 13:26
To: Sherry Hagen; tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Yellow Cassin's Finch


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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