It's a bit hard to see in the photo, but the House Finch looks
(coincidentally, after today's thread) like it has a lesion due to
avian pox on the bare skin at the base of its bill, and possibly
affecting the eye too. The other is a part albino Dark-eyed Junco.


Bruce Whittington
Ladysmith, BC
mailto: fieldnat at pacificcoast.net