I went birding in Marymoor park this morning and saw two very pale, almost
white birds that looked like house finch. The birds were on the meadow loop
where there are blackberrys on one side and an apple tree on the other.
They were hanging around with 4 other house finches and a couple of fox
sparrows but flew away to a separate tree after some time.

The male had orange-pink color on the breast and forehead. The head of the
female bird was plain without an eyebrow. Both had heavily streaked
breasts. Bills were light gray.

My guess is that these are albino house finches, but it is kind of
surprising to find two such birds together at the same place. Anybody else
seen these or have any idea what these might be?

Amit Kulkarni
Bellevue, WA
avkulkarni at gmail.com

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