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Purple Finch by Jackie B. Elmore 3-26-2017 Lincoln Co. KY

It takes two years for males to acquire their full adult purple plumage, so this individual with a slightly raspberry wash could indeed be a juvenile male. However older females occasionally have this raspberry wash and also not all brown purple finches are female. I guess it's best to say that brown purple finches sex and age are unknown!

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Uploaded on March 28, 2017
Taken on March 26, 2017