Sean's Junco is well within the usual limits of variability for first 
winter female, I think.  The head is nowhere near dark enough to 
suggest "Pink-sided" Junco.

Bill Schmoker's photo (at the URL Danny Bystrak gave in his post) and 
a photo in "Sparrows & Finches of the Great Lakes Region & Eastern 
North America" by Chris Early (Firefly Books 2003) both show a bird 
very like Sean's.

Mike Bowen
Montgomery Bird Club
Bethesda, MD


At 01:28 AM 1/31/2010 -0500, Sean McCandless wrote:
>Hi all, I have a very interesting and colorful Junco in my feeder 
>today. Does anyone want to comment?
>
>http://www.smbirdphotos.com/index.cgi?do=view_photos&subcatID=186
>
>Sean McCandless
>Cecil Bird Club Field Trip Coordinator
>Elkton, MD

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