Re: BACKYARD ROSY FINCH

Posted by Rosyfinch on
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Thanks, Justin. They are actually House Finches. Many people do erroneously call them "Rosy-Finches." Here is one of my photos of a male House Finch. Note that it has streaks on its breast that extend down to the flanks, and the bright brick-red color is most intense on its head and upper breast:



For comparison, here is a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Hepburn's or Coastal race). It lacks streaking underneath, and the subdued "rosy" pink color is confined to its "shoulder" feathers and lower breast :



Thanks so much for the report, and let's hope those rosies do show up in your yard some day. I hoped to see them in my Cedar Crest (also 7000 feet elevation) yard feeders for over 11 years, but no luck!