Sorry for the late post.  I went to Rocky Hill Meadows after work yesterday morning to see if there were any unusual sparrows there.  Only found the usual inhabitants for sparrows but did have a pair of PURPLE FINCH.
I had better luck with sparrows when I arrived home as I had a LINCOLN SPARROW in my yard.  I've also had any where from 2-4 PURPLE FINCH at my feeders daily for the last week and a half.

Jack Swatt
Wolcott

I've seen 4,000+ Purple Finch at Lighthouse (others have seen many more) but with the exception of a couple in the woods nearby, haven't seen a speck of wine color, on any of 'em.

I guess I need to just stock my feeders and hope.

Steve Mayo
Bethany

On Monday, October 27, 2014 9:59 PM, Jack Swatt via CTBirds ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org wrote:

Sorry for the late post.  I went to Rocky Hill Meadows after work yesterday morning to see if there were any unusual sparrows there.  Only found the usual inhabitants for sparrows but did have a pair of PURPLE FINCH.
I had better luck with sparrows when I arrived home as I had a LINCOLN SPARROW in my yard.  I've also had any where from 2-4 PURPLE FINCH at my feeders daily for the last week and a half.

Jack Swatt
Wolcott

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