<div dir="ltr"><div>The bill does look slightly crossed, but I think that's a trick of the angle. It doesn't look crossed enough to be a crossbill - I'm on the house finch side.</div><div><br></div><div>Louise Rutter</div><div>Kirkland<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 4:32 PM Mason Maron <<a href="mailto:mmaron101@gmail.com">mmaron101@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="auto">This is a female House Finch beyond a shadow of a doubt. The most obvious field mark that would rule out Red Crossbill would be the chunky, uncrossed bill.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Mason Maron</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 3:53 PM Larry Schwitters <<a href="mailto:leschwitters@me.com" target="_blank">leschwitters@me.com</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div><div>How about a female house finch.<br>
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Larry Schwitters<br>
Issaquah <br>
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> On Sep 27, 2023, at 2:55 PM, <a href="mailto:dgrainger@birdsbydave.com" target="_blank">dgrainger@birdsbydave.com</a> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> That  is a crossbill<br>
> <br>
> n 2023-09-27 14:27, <a href="mailto:jimbetz@jimbetz.com" target="_blank">jimbetz@jimbetz.com</a> wrote:<br>
>> Hi,<br>
>>  Would some kind soul help with the ID for this bird?<br>
>> I've searched Merlin using several different approaches and<br>
>> can not develop a certainty of sufficient strength.<br>
>>  I have some guesses but am holding off on those until I<br>
>> hear from someone about their ID.<br>
>>        </div><div><a href="https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-rPhWGVr/A" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-rPhWGVr</a><div><a href="https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-rPhWGVr/A" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">141166216241</a><a href="https://eamon.smugmug.com/Family-pics-from-jim/Birds-and-Stuff-from-Jim/n-4Cw3NF/Birds-Web/i-rPhWGVr/A" rel="noreferrer" style="border-color:rgb(66,133,244)" target="_blank">/A</a></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
>>  There are several other recent photos there that you might enjoy also.<br>
>> Just use the 'arrows' to move forward or backward in the gallery.<br>
>>                                                        - Jim<br>
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