Who Am I?
Mar 21, 2020 17:55:00 #
I saw this bird at our feeder this afternoon, but he was here for only a short while and refused to show a frontal view. Does anyone recognize him?
Mar 21, 2020 18:00:14 #
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Mar 21, 2020 18:08:30 #
Mar 21, 2020 18:11:28 #
The head doesn't look right for a Goldfinch, and at least here, even off season the Goldfinches are much brighter yellow. In any case, I did add a question mark to the I.D.
Mar 21, 2020 18:25:14 #
quixdraw wrote:
Female yellow finch?
Bluefish wrote:
Agree with Quixdraw.
dstalnaker wrote:
Gold Finch
Thank you all three.
It gives my wife a chance with her bird book
{and tells me I'd better stop using the pronoun "he"}.
Mar 21, 2020 18:34:14 #
"By the prickling of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes (sense of humor)!" Can say no more.
Mar 21, 2020 18:35:16 #
rehess wrote:
Thank you all three.
It gives my wife a chance with her bird book
{and tells me I'd better stop using the pronoun "he"}.
It gives my wife a chance with her bird book
{and tells me I'd better stop using the pronoun "he"}.
What book does she have?
Mar 21, 2020 19:33:24 #
rehess wrote:
I saw this bird at our feeder this afternoon, but he was here for only a short while and refused to show a frontal view. Does anyone recognize him?
I will venture that it is a Goldfinch, either female or an immature/non breeding male.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Goldfinch/id
Mar 21, 2020 19:44:46 #
dstalnaker wrote:
What book does she have?
Sibley
although she tells me that they have an ‘APP’ which she uses more than the book these days.
Mar 22, 2020 08:18:23 #
quixdraw wrote:
The head doesn't look right for a Goldfinch, and at least here, even off season the Goldfinches are much brighter yellow. In any case, I did add a question mark to the I.D.
It is an American Goldfinch. In basic (nonbreeding) plumage they are quite dull looking. Not bright yellow.
Mar 22, 2020 09:37:18 #
crapshooter
Loc: Fox, Alaska
Kind of Looks like a Female Grossbeak , hard to tell without seeing front of head
Mar 22, 2020 09:59:42 #
crapshooter wrote:
Kind of Looks like a Female Grossbeak , hard to tell without seeing front of head
It is not a female Evening Grosbeak. Besides being too small, an Evening Grosbeak would be an extremely rare bird there.
Mar 22, 2020 10:08:37 #
crapshooter wrote:
Kind of Looks like a Female Grossbeak , hard to tell without seeing front of head
rob7789 wrote:
It is not a female Evening Grosbeak. Besides being too small, an Evening Grosbeak would be an extremely rare bird there.
Thank you both for your comments.
My wife keeps telling me that the head is very important, but unfortunately her head was in the feeder virtually the entire time her body was in sight. She is very quick.
Mar 22, 2020 10:11:09 #
crapshooter
Loc: Fox, Alaska
crapshooter wrote:
Kind of Looks like a Female Grossbeak , hard to tell without seeing front of head
Yes I think you are right, to far south
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