Rob Fowler
female/2nd yr. male eastern Purple Finch 11 Jan 2015
Arcata Marsh, Humboldt County, CA. This bird was first discovered by Alexandra Lamb in early-December (?) and she identified it as an eastern PUFI on 25 December and saw it a couple of other times after that. Others have also seen this bird including Paul Lohse, Bob Stewart and George Ziminsky (who got a photo of it). This is the 5th record of this subspecies for CA. The first record is from San Miguel Is. from 11 May 1976. Jon Dunn found one at Furnace Creek Ranch, Inyo County, on 18-21 Nov. 1987. Two are from SE Farallon Is.; one on 22 Oct. 2007, and 23 Oct. 2013.
female/2nd yr. male eastern Purple Finch 11 Jan 2015
Arcata Marsh, Humboldt County, CA. This bird was first discovered by Alexandra Lamb in early-December (?) and she identified it as an eastern PUFI on 25 December and saw it a couple of other times after that. Others have also seen this bird including Paul Lohse, Bob Stewart and George Ziminsky (who got a photo of it). This is the 5th record of this subspecies for CA. The first record is from San Miguel Is. from 11 May 1976. Jon Dunn found one at Furnace Creek Ranch, Inyo County, on 18-21 Nov. 1987. Two are from SE Farallon Is.; one on 22 Oct. 2007, and 23 Oct. 2013.