Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:53:17 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kathy Klimkiewicz Subject: Re: DC Pintails and Purple Finches, 10/30 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Probable individual variation or an old female (older females can have some color). Hard to tell in the field. Cheers, Kathy Patty Craig cc: Sent by: Maryland Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] DC Pintails and Birds & Birding Purple Finches, 10/30 11/01/01 10:43 AM Please respond to Maryland Birds & Birding Kathy, Occasionally, I have seen a Purple Finch that appears a little different. The breast streaks are muted and the background of the breast is slightly tinged with pink. One in the flock at my house recently was like this. I am tempted to call them first-year males. Is this possible or is this just a case of individual variation? Thank you, Patty Craig Dameron, MD pattycraig@mail.ameritel.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================