On Aug 27, 2022, at 3:32 PM, Carl Lundblad <carl.lundblad@…> wrote:
I think it’s a female Lesser Goldfinch based on the gray bill (generally pink on breeding American), yellow undertail coverts (American should be white), gray/dusky forehead and crown, darker gray/green mantle (vs. olive-yellow on American), plainer face lacking the bold eye arcs of American, apparently white wing bars and secondary edges (versus buffier and yellower on American).
Good Birding,
Carl Lundblad
Corvallis, OR
On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 2:12 PM Tom & Susan Soniville <tomnsueid@…> wrote:
Louisa and Ken,
Thanks for the ID. Just didn’t look right to me. We haven’t had juvenile American gold finches for a couple of years,so you memoryis failing me.
Teach me to get in a hurry .. yeah that downward curve at the back of the top mandible looks American Goldfinch to me and the rest of the bill says your correct. Louisa … thank you for the catch.
On Aug 27, 2022, at 2:23 PM, Louisa Evers <elouisa603@…> wrote:
Don’t think the bill is right for a tanager. Could be a juvenile American goldfinch molting into adult plumage. Might be a female as well.
Ken Miracle chukar28@…
208-570-2780
“Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
— Tom Soniville Boise. North End
Ken Miracle chukar28@… 208-570-2780 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
I think it’s a female Lesser Goldfinch based on the gray bill (generally pink on breeding American), yellow undertail coverts (American should be white), gray/dusky forehead and crown, darker gray/green mantle (vs. olive-yellow on American), plainer face lacking the bold eye arcs of American, apparently white wing bars and secondary edges (versus buffier and yellower on American).
Teach me to get in a hurry .. yeah that downward curve at the back of the top mandible looks American Goldfinch to me and the rest of the bill says your correct. Louisa … thank you for the catch.
On Aug 27, 2022, at 2:23 PM, Louisa Evers <elouisa603@…> wrote:
Don’t think the bill is right for a tanager. Could be a juvenile American goldfinch molting into adult plumage. Might be a female as well.
Ken Miracle chukar28@… 208-570-2780 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
On Aug 27, 2022, at 12:57 PM, Tom & Susan Soniville <tomnsueid@…> wrote:
Came across this bird while chasing hummers in our neighborhood. There was a male Lesser Goldfinch nearby, but this clearly isn’t a Lesser, nor an American Goldfinch.
Any ideas?
Tom Soniville
West Bench
— Tom Soniville Boise. North End
Ken Miracle chukar28@… 208-570-2780 “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God” 2COR 3:5
Came across this bird while chasing hummers in our neighborhood. There was a male Lesser Goldfinch nearby, but this clearly isn’t a Lesser, nor an American Goldfinch.
This morning Intermountain Bird Observatory songbird banders caught a young female American Redstart at our Lucky Peak banding station in Ada County. She was released about a half hour ago.
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