This is a female House Finch beyond a shadow of a doubt. The most obvious
field mark that would rule out Red Crossbill would be the chunky, uncrossed
bill.

Mason Maron

On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 3:53 PM Larry Schwitters <leschwitters at me.com>
wrote:


> How about a female house finch.


Larry Schwitters
Issaquah


> On Sep 27, 2023, at 2:55 PM, dgrainger at birdsbydave.com wrote:

>

> That is a crossbill

>

> n 2023-09-27 14:27, jimbetz at jimbetz.com wrote:

>> Hi,

>> Would some kind soul help with the ID for this bird?

>> I've searched Merlin using several different approaches and

>> can not develop a certainty of sufficient strength.

>> I have some guesses but am holding off on those until I

>> hear from someone about their ID.

>>

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> >> There are several other recent photos there that you might enjoy also.

> >> Just use the 'arrows' to move forward or backward in the gallery.

> >> - Jim

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