Twice in the last month I've had a small junco-ish bird at my feeder
in Rhode Island.  I thought it was the first of the winter junco
crop, but it has an obviously yellow sparrow/finch type short
straight un-crossed bill with overall smooth coloring
darkish/gray-looking above and whitish below.  Can't tell you eyes
except dark, head patterns except nothing striking, flight pattern
etc.  If there's any red on it I'm colorblind enough that I wouldn't
have seen it without binocs.  Both times sitting on a feeder perch in
the company of my rowdy street-gang of sparrows/LBJs, not engaging in
aggressive behavior that I saw.

Any ideas?  I'm stumped.

Yours,
David