This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

Nov.18, 2014
Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

Ah, the purple finches are back! Raspberry on the head and under the chin. Even an echo of raspberry in the light-colored edges of the wing feathers. But best of all is that paler, lighter-berry stripe over the eye. "Purple" doesn't do this bird justice, but it's almost a metaphor for the royal richness of his hue.

© 2014 Diane Porter

—Diane Porter

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