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[Boilerjoanne]

OK, any luck with this one? SE Michigan, January 2012



u13 sharks power league 003 by boilerjoanne, on Flickr

You guys have done SUCH a great job with difficult photos, I thought I would try with mine
Joanne

[psweet]

Hmmm.... the shape and behavior look good for Northern Shrike, and I think I see a white spot on the wing, but I don't think I can say for sure.

[Boilerjoanne]

I *think* there is a reddish cast to the breast and possibly head... would that help?

[psweet]

That would suggest Pine Grosbeak instead.

[TheBillyPilgrim]

I zoomed in on Flickr. This looks like a House Finch (red wash on the head and upper breast, streaking on the flanks). If you lighten up the photo, it'll probably be much clearer.

[Phoenix Bird]

I thought of House Finch as well

[matt dash]

Untitled-1 by matt dash, on Flickr

I think it's a pine grosbeak.

[GreatHorn]

Wow, that lightened version is something! It's a House Finch.

[Phoenix Bird]

pine grosbeak
house finch
purple finch
all found in white rock

[TheBillyPilgrim]

Based on the lightened picture, it's definitely a House Finch.

[GreatHorn]

Taken in SE Michigan. That brown streaking alone eliminates Purple and Pine.

[psweet]

Oops -- I saw that the poster is in BC, missed that the pic was taken in Michigan.

[Phoenix Bird]

Oops -- I saw that the poster is in BC, missed that the pic was taken in Michigan.

opps me too!

[sandylee]

Looks like a Song Sparrow to me..... but hard to tell.

[TheBillyPilgrim]

Looks like a Song Sparrow to me..... but hard to tell.

Did you see Matt Dash's lightened version? It's pink...

[notactuallytom]

house or purple, I can't tell from this pic.

[Boilerjoanne]

Wow, you guys are amazing! Thanks for the help lightening the image, Matt. It's like a group of avian detectives her

We moved to BC from Michigan last summer. I am slowly but surely finding the bird photos I had taken in MI and having them identified. Plus I M learning the western birds

Thanks again!

[Lenapelee]

Untitled-1 by matt dash, on Flickr

I think it's a pine grosbeak.

that's what i thought but beak looed a little smallish

[TheBillyPilgrim]

It's got streaked flanks, so I don't see how it could be anything but House Finch.