Hi Jim I looked up the purple finch in Cornell "Birds of North America" (subscriber). There seems to be an immature PF with a similar look, but there is also a yellow variant that could fit your photos. I also wonder if these are leucistic birds... A search for the variant /photos brings up quite a variety. Not all are reliable, however. I don't know if you can see these from the Macaulay Library. Quite a lot of variation there too. https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?taxonCode=purfin&mediaType=Photo&sort=rating_desc I'm sure the experts will chime in... Cindy Cynthia Crawford *Creature Kinships and Natural Affinities* Animal and Nature Paintings, Portraits and Prints NEW WEB SITE: www.creaturekinships.net www.creaturekinships.com MORE PHOTOS and ARTWORK: http://pbase.com/creaturekinships EVEN MORE PHOTOS: https://www.flickr.com/photos/33836164@N03/ Castle & Court Music for Harp: http://galleries.creaturekinships.com/?page_id=59 BLOG: http://creature-kinships.blogspot.com/ On Sat, Mar 10, 2018 at 3:31 PM, Jim Block <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > A few weeks ago a strange looking purple finch appeared in my yard. It had > a yellow patch under its bill that I had not seen before. It was back today > with 4 other purple finches. And one of them was ever stranger looking. > The patch was larger and the bird had a very yellow-orange tint. If anyone > has any ideas if these are anomalies or within a normal variation in > markings, I would like to hear your opinions. > > > > I put photos here: > > https://www.jimblockphoto.com/2018/03/strange-looking-purple-finches/ > > > > Jim Block > > Etna, NH > > > > To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set > your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the > list owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe: > E-mail this command to [log in to unmask] UNSUBSCRIBE > UV-Birders To change your e-mail address: E-mail this command from your old > address to: [log in to unmask] CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail > address] > > Web based archives and subscription management are available at: > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html > To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe: E-mail this command to [log in to unmask] UNSUBSCRIBE UV-Birders To change your e-mail address: E-mail this command from your old address to: [log in to unmask] CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail address] Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html