Monday, August 24, 2020

PINE GROSBEAK

To the idea that there is  some question as to if Darrell Faxon’s bird is indeed a Pine Grosbeak.  So as my eBird submissions seem to be hidden, or hiding of late, here are a few pics which I took yesterday.  A big question here, if this is a house finch with pox issues:  Sibley puts the size of a siskin at 4.8 inches, house finch at 5.7 inches, which would make it about an inch bigger that a siskin.  Pine Grosbeak is 8.7 inches, making it almost twice the size of a siskin.  Based on this, the bulk of this bird seems to approach the grosbeak.   









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