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Hi Everyone,

Here¹s a little note I sent in response to a question about i.d.¹ing females
of these two species. I¹m sure someone will respond to point out some big
error I¹m making somewhere :-)

Hi Russell,

Here are the differences I look for:

-the Purple Finch is going to be about the same size, perhaps even a little
smaller, than the House Sparrows

-the Rose-Breasted Grosbeak is about 40-50% larger than the House Sparrows

-the grosbeak has a more prominent white supercilium, which also comes much
more forward

-I think the streaking is usually heavier in the finch

-last point, not unimportant, is that our location does not seem to be
attractive to Purple Finches‹I've never seen one in the neighborhood‹while
Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, if not exactly common here, are certainly seen from
time to time, and sometimes even at our feeders.

‹Steve


Enjoying the autumn, in my humble opinion the only really beautiful and
dramatic season in Cleveland,

Steve Cagan
Cleveland Heights
Cuyahoga County

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Steve Cagan, photographer
www.stevecagan.com
www.pbase.com/stevecagan ("catalogs" of images)
216-932-2753 (USA)



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