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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: riverone on January 24, 2016, 05:28:01 PM

Title: Goldfinch or not?
Post by: riverone on January 24, 2016, 05:28:01 PM

At Riverwood Conservancy today in flock with house and goldfinches.

Finch-sized with yellow and white bars prominent on wings. (much more distinct then a pine siskin I think). Could not see breast but pointed narrow beak with a touch of orange/rust just above beak. Was I just seeing a goldfinch with early spring plumage?

Title: Re: Goldfinch or not?
Post by: Brian Bailey on January 26, 2016, 06:35:27 AM

It sounds like a siskin from your description. A key difference is that a siskin appears streaky from any angle, whereas a Goldfinch is unstreaked.  Siskins have not been common this winter, but that doesn't mean you didn't see one.


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Title: Re: Goldfinch or not?
Post by: riverone on January 27, 2016, 02:02:51 PM

Thanks very much Brian!