Thanks, Doug! A number of people have responded, and 100% consensus now
is that it IS a house finch and not purple finch. I learned from this
discussion too, including that the shape of the tail is square in the
house finch but a V on the Purple...


On 2020-06-21 12:53, Doug Santoni wrote:

> Thank you! I found it! It's a beautiful picture!

>

> Doug

>

>

>> On Jun 20, 2020, at 3:01 PM, dgrainger at birdsbydave.com wrote:

>>

>> I tried to post photo here, and discovered the small limit for upload

>> wouldn't let it post, so I placed on the web (birdsbydave.com) a photo

>> I took today (June 20) in brambles near Water Street in Port

>> Townsend... It is a finch, but color is so intense that I couldn't

>> tell whether was a House Finch or a Purple Finch...

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