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The Birding Thread, For all bird fans!| rkssbay |
Posted: Mar 1 2012, 05:39 PM
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And one more for good measure!
It is quite slow compared to the rest of the birds and seems pretty relaxed Quite "bushy" and thick Attached Image (Click thumbnail to expand)  |
  
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| GBNova |
Posted: Mar 1 2012, 06:22 PM
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Looks very much like a Grosbeak in the body. Maybe he is and just has some weird "marking deformity"?
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| rkssbay |
Posted: Mar 1 2012, 06:28 PM
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I thought of that but it is indeed smaller than the average Grosbeak Still may be one though |
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| Relliott |
Posted: Mar 1 2012, 08:11 PM
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I thought it might be a Grosbeak in the molting stage, but its colors are closer to a finch. It does look too small though even for a female. |
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| dfog |
Posted: Mar 2 2012, 10:07 PM
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is it pretty small (sparrow-sized)? maybe it's a molting goldfinch ?
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| Relliott |
Posted: Mar 3 2012, 09:49 AM
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This is what my wife thinks it may be as well. |
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| dfog |
Posted: Mar 3 2012, 02:05 PM
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look at some of the photos here (at this time of year the males are molting and kind of patchy colour-wise): http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Goldfinch/id/ac |
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| Relliott |
Posted: Mar 3 2012, 03:20 PM
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I am going to keep my eye out and see if I can catch a pic or 2 when they start molting around here.
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| cold1 |
Posted: Apr 29 2012, 03:38 PM
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Looking back through this thread, I didn't see any pix of these guys, the Rodney Dangerfield of birds in the Maritimes. Here's one from my yard today......
(Posted Image)<a href='http://www.slickpic.com/s/jx5z1U0MDDjjkM/_201204291623' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'></a> |
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| GBNova |
Posted: May 1 2012, 02:22 PM
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I guess they are just too common to post pics of them. :D I like to watch them though. They definately have a personality about them.
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