1st Round

2nd Round

7/13/09
Weisse – Accept

10/4/09
Cliff Weisse--Accept

I'm still convinced that the suite of field marks reported is conclusive.

Those include:
-Uniform red head with no obvious patterning
-Small bill, similar to House Finch
-no white around eye
-did not show a crest

07-15-2009
Sturts --Accept

The red exteding down the neck I believe is diagnostic in the male Purple Finch. The Cassin's and House Finch are both elminated in the report.

010-19-2009
Sturts--Accept

I'm staying with my first round vote for the same reasons.

07/22/2009
Darren Clark--Reject, specific identification not established

To me there's not quite enough to go on to accept this record. It is an intriguing record though.

10/05/2009
Darren Clark--Accept

After re-reading the report and studying resources I'm convinced the bird described is a Purple Finch

07-25-2009
chuck trost--Accept

The only real field mark was the amount of red on this bird. No mention of bill shape, under-tail coverts, or calls. The observer seems quite familiar with CAFI, so i gve the benefit of doubt.

09-18-2009
chuck trost--Reject, specific identification not established

I'm switching my vote because the description just is not adequate to separate this bird from a CAFI. What was the bill shape? did it make flight calls?

07-25-2009
Dave Trochlell--Accept

This was not an easy decision for me, but I decided to accept the record because the report mentions at least one key field mark for Purple Finch. That said, a more detailed description of the bird would've made this vote a lot easier.

09-13-2009
Dave Trochlell--Accept

I'm going to vote to accept this one again for reasons mentioned in the first vote.

4 August 2009
Hardy--Accept

Size, lack of streaking on breast, red color pattern on head, all consistent with PUFI and eliminate the other possible finches.

6 November 2009
Hardy--Accept

Same comments as first round, plus I will note that I was also convinced by the reporter's self-described experience with searching for PUFI amongst other finches.

9/6/09
Charles Swift--Reject, specific identification not established

This is an interesting report but not quite detailed enough to convince me it's a Purple. In particular back color/pattern and bill shape would have been helpful. With the difficulty in separating Purple and Cassin's Finch and uncertain status of the former in the state I feel we need more detail to accept this species than this report provides.

9/30/09
Charles Swift--Reject, specific identification not established

I remain unconvinced and will stick with my previous comments and vote to reject again.