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Rosy-Finch flock at feeder, Sandia Crest, NM, 11/04. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Allenspark, Boulder County, Colorado, 1/06. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (interior form), Allenspark, Boulder County,
Colorado, 1/05. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (interior form), Allenspark, Boulder County,
Colorado, 1/05. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (interior form), Allenspark, Boulder County,
Colorado, 1/05. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (interior form), Allenspark, Boulder County,
Colorado, 1/05. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (female? interior form), Allenspark, Boulder
County, Colorado, 1/05. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (interior form), Sandia Crest, NM, 11/04. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (interior form), Loveland Ski Basin, Colorado,
3/04. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (interior form), Loveland Ski Basin, Colorado,
3/04. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Loveland Ski Basin, Colorado,
12/30/02. |
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Female Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (?), Sandia Crest, NM, 11/04. |
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Hepburn's form),
Allenspark, Boulder County, Colorado, 3/07.
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Hepburn's form), Allenspark, Boulder County,
Colorado, 1/05. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch (Hepburn's form), Sandia Crest, NM, 11/04. |
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Hepburn's Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch, Allenspark,
Boulder County, Colorado, 1/11/03. |
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Gray-crowned Rosy-Finches (foreground), and female
Black Rosy-Finch (background), Loveland Ski Basin, Colorado, 12/30/02.
Thanks to Bill Maynard and Tony Leukering for the ID help on the Black
Rosy Finch. Note the dark-centered body feathers on this bird- apparently
the females have quite a bit of variation on overall darkness. |
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Black Rosy-Finches, Sandia Crest, NM, 11/04. |
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Black Rosy-Finch, Sandia Crest, NM, 11/04. |
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Black Rosy-Finch, Sandia Crest, NM, 11/04. |
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Black Rosy-Finch, Sandia Crest, NM, 11/04. |
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Female Black Rosy-Finch (left), Loveland Ski Basin,
Colorado. Note dark-centered body feathers with extensive gray edging. |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, Allenspark, Boulder County, Colorado, 3/07. |
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, Clear Creek County, Colorado, 7/06. |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, Allenspark, Boulder County, Colorado, 1/06. |
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Female Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, Allenspark, Boulder County, Colorado,
1/06. |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, Clear Creek County, Colorado, 7/05. |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, Allenspark, Boulder County, Colorado, 1/05. |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch(?), Sandia Crest, NM, 11/04. |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch(?), Sandia Crest, NM, 11/04. |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch(?), Sandia Crest, NM, 11/04. |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, James Peak (approx. 12,200'), Clear Creek
County, Colorado, 7/04. |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch, James Peak (approx. 12,200'), Clear Creek
County, Colorado, 7/04. Note the distended crop- birds store food to
bring back to nestlings. Also note the characteristic feeding behavior,
gleaning food such as torpid or frozen insects from the melting snow. |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (left) with Hepburn's Gray-crowned
Rosy Finch (right), Allenspark, Boulder County, Colorado, 1/11/03. |
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Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (I think!), Allenspark, Boulder
County, Colorado, 1/11/03. |
