Purple Finch 2016

The Purple Finch is the bird that Roger Tory Peterson famously described as a “sparrow dipped in raspberry juice.” For many of us, they’re irregular winter visitors to our feeders,
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Finch
"With a new feeder from a fellow bird watcher (Roger Mayhorn) and an early influx of Purple Finches this year, I had eleven at my feeder today. With a close look, nine can be seen in the following photo. -October 29, 2016-"

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/blog/winter-finch-report-2015-2016-look-for-more-finches/