![Image 1 — Female purple finch or fledgling grosbeak? [NYS]](https://preview.redd.it/tnvt3m52vc3h1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc51232199d37ae63ed9c9c6b66988b67390cd7f)
![Image 2 — Female purple finch or fledgling grosbeak? [NYS]](https://preview.redd.it/1c4l1o92vc3h1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f9bd0ebda31f0e6db09bc6121df2a7c40702d23)
![Image 3 — Female purple finch or fledgling grosbeak? [NYS]](https://preview.redd.it/958o25b2vc3h1.jpg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5398a90c337f31f6799fe776144293921f708d16)
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Female purple finch or fledgling grosbeak? [NYS]
...Or something else entirely? Upstate NY, USA. This little one was hanging around on the ground and while it could fly, it only did so in short distances close to the ground. Given that (and its size) I initially thought it was a fledging rose-breasted grosbeak, but the beak makes me wonder if it's a really fluffed up purple finch.
Any guesses? Sorry for the dogshit picture quality, I only had my phone on me
u/Gbird98 — 16 days ago