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This photo was taken near some feeders at a friends house on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan.  He snapped the photo because he thought the birds color different, and it's size was larger than the usual finches he gets at his feeders.  Those 2 factors threw him.  He shared it with a few friends, and it's ID is being debated.  Could it be a pine grosbeak?  Or is it just a fluffy male house or purple finch?  Thanks!

Pretty sure this is not a Pine Grosbeak.  i googled them and they appear to have wingbars and their eyes look like they have eyeliner around them.  Sorry I don't know the technical term for it.    Here is a picture of a Pine Grosbeak that I found

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wonderful, thanks! 

I zoomed way in to 290% and it looks like a male house finch to me.

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House Finch

I agree, a male House finch.

I agree the one on the left is a male House Finch, but how about the one on the right? The size and coloring suggest a female House Finch, but I fail to see the striping one would have. Also, the way it is holding its wings, and the shape of its wings just don't look like a House Finch to me!!?  Any guesses, anyone? I'm stumped!!

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This is a guess - Dark-Eyed Junco.

I'm thinking more along the lines of an adult gray-headed junco

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i'm not sure.  i had my friend crop it and zoom in as much as possible... 

I also enlarged the photo...look at the coloring....this is along the lines of what I said earlier...adult gray-headed junco.

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Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.
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