ML164664391
Contributor
Joe Coleman Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Joe's Local Patch
Loudoun, Virginia, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Unknown age, Unknown sex - X
Observation details
This female or juvenile Purple Finch briefly showed up at my feeders this afternoon. The photo, while grainy, clearly shows the bold head pattern with a dark brown cheek patch and the short dark streaks diagnostic of a Purple Finch. The distinctly notched tail and the bill, different from a House Finch, also clearly shows a Purple Finch. While female or juvenile Rose-breasted GB is also a possibility the diagnostics line up more closely for Purple Finch due to the notched tail and the lack of white-wing marks.
Technical information
- Model
- DSC-HX50V
- Lens
- 4.3-129mm f/3.5-6.3
- ISO
- 800
- Focal length
- 42.3 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.3
- Shutter speed
- 1/40 sec
- Dimensions
- 5184 pixels x 3888 pixels
- Original file size
- 6.05 MB