Joyce and I saw these Purple Finches near the Precipice parking lot at Acadia National Park, ME on June 24th, 2010. The first bird is a male.

The female is not red or purple. The streaking is finer than that on a House Finch.

I saw a number of females in the Turkey Point area of Cecil County, MD in late October 2010.

Several ragged looking females visited our feeders in late October 2012.

This leucistic (partially white) male visited our backyard on December 5th, 2018.

These were in our backyard during early November 2018.

I saw this male at Cape Henlopen State Park, DE on January 18th, 2021.