Goldfinch maybe? Hardest bird I ever tried to identify was a female warbler that stunned itself flying into our windows at my WV house. I was able to hold it, spread its wings and sit with several reference books trying to identify it. In the end I tentatively decided it was a female BlackThroated Blue Warbler. I gave it water and it eventually recovered. Hung around after that and sort of bowed to me before flying off. On Nov 20, 2009, at 11:43 AM, David Beierl wrote: > 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 |
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