[Birdtalk] Fw: Re: [Birdnet] purple finch

[Utah Birds]

--- On Mon, 4/13/09, David Wheeler <dswheeler at utah.gov> wrote:


From: David Wheeler <dswheeler at utah.gov>
Subject: Re: [Birdnet] purple finch
To: "Utah Birds" <utah_birds at yahoo.com>
Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 10:34 AM



Hello, birders,
 
Unless my memory fails me, a Purple finch record for Lytle Ranch was accepted by the Committee just last year.  However, I don't think there were any photos with that record.  So be the first one on your block, and indeed the state, to photograph/audiotape this species, and go down in history (or at least the glorious archives).
 
Good hunting!  The weather couldn't be more marvelous to get out and shake off some of that winter dust.
 
David Wheeler

>>> Utah Birds <utah_birds at yahoo.com> 4/13/2009 10:18 AM >>>





 
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It was submitted by moabgirl at gmail.com on Monday, April 13, 2009 at 09:20:37
 
Subject: purple finch 
 
Email_Address: moabgirl at gmail.com 
 
Message: Late last fall and early this spring my mother saw finch's that resemble the purple finch (as described in NG/sibley) in her yard in West Jordan. She describes them as behaving and looking differently than the house and Cassin's finches also present (I can go into further detail of these differences-if one would like but, I wont today :). Currently she has been unable to photograph them or note their call but she is adamant that they are NOT Cassin's. And after grilling her like any obsessed birder would, I believe her. LOL! I noticed that the records committee has accepted not one sighting of the purple finch even though they believe it is here in Utah. So I am hoping that 1) someone will contact me with further ID tips that I can forward to my mom and 2) I want to make others aware of its possible presence. I think this will be especially important as the range of the purple finch changes (as described in Audubon) Since this finch MAY be here
 in Utah, knowing how to ID it from other finches will become more important as its range changes and of course, in documenting this change. 
 
[ Please Reply to moabgirl at gmail.com ] 
 
 



      
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