The bill does look slightly crossed, but I think that's a trick of the
angle. It doesn't look crossed enough to be a crossbill - I'm on the house
finch side.
Louise Rutter
Kirkland
On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 4:32 PM Mason Maron <
mmaron101 at gmail.com> wrote:
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This is a female House Finch beyond a shadow of a doubt. The most obvious
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field mark that would rule out Red Crossbill would be the chunky, uncrossed
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bill.
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Mason Maron
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On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 3:53 PM Larry Schwitters <leschwitters at me.com>
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wrote:
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How about a female house finch.
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Larry Schwitters
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Issaquah
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> On Sep 27, 2023, at 2:55 PM, dgrainger at birdsbydave.com wrote:
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> That is a crossbill
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> n 2023-09-27 14:27, jimbetz at jimbetz.com wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Would some kind soul help with the ID for this bird?
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>> I've searched Merlin using several different approaches and
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>> can not develop a certainty of sufficient strength.
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>> I have some guesses but am holding off on those until I
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>> hear from someone about their ID.
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https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-rPhWGVr
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<https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-rPhWGVr/A>
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141166216241
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<https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-rPhWGVr/A>
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<https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-rPhWGVr/A>
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>> There are several other recent photos there that you might enjoy also.
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>> Just use the 'arrows' to move forward or backward in the gallery.
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>> - Jim
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