Purple Finch

I haven't seen many of these around during the winter, but I have caught sight of them every now and then. Roger Tory Peterson famously described these as a “sparrow dipped in raspberry juice.”

[Maggiemae]

They are an interesting finch, not seen round here with that lovely red head!

[Simply Amanda]

So pretty and unusual.

[MaryBeth Dailey]

I like the texture on this. Is that SOOC or processing? I like it!

[Amanda F.]

Beautiful colors! Great shot!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

@espyetta - It's processed MaryBeth, but thank for thinking it might be SOOC! After I uploaded it I decided that it needed cropped and I did some sharpening through Picmonkey.

[❀ Lynn]

Beautiful Skip.

[Danette Thompson]

Beautiful.

[MrsVanPatten]

Gorgeous capture, such lovely colors.

[diane day]

nice shot

[Cathy]

Darling little bird... Beautifully composed... great description... fav

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful capture.

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Chrissie]

Beautiful capture Skip. We have only saw them once here, hope to see them as they pass through this year.

[Pam Knowler]

What a beautiful bird! Great description! Lovely capture!

[Judith]

Beautiful

[KWind]

Pretty... Great focus and dof!

[Hazel]

Lovely focus and the purple finch is beautiful contrasted with the tree branches. I wonder why he isn't called red?!!

[Laurie]

Beautiful composition! Fav!

[Paula McLaughlin]

These light colored limbs really show off the adorable and colorful bird!
Amazing shot!

[John]

This is a very nice composition.