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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: BetCrooks on May 03, 2017, 05:11:58 PM

Title: Finch or Grosbeak?
Post by: BetCrooks on May 03, 2017, 05:11:58 PM

OK, so I'm at a park that has resident Goldfinches and I figure I'm looking at yet another, even though at the time, it felt and looked "odd" particularly because the face was grey, not greenish but clear grey. But I know they are moulting, so I took a couple of photos and went back to watching a Parula.
Now I'm not so sure. The bill seems the wrong colour too and various things.
Is this actually a female or imm. Evening Grosbeak?
It was seen May 3 at Lakeside Pk in Mississauga, in the woodlot at the west side of the park, moving steadily through the trees with lots of other migrants.

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Title: Re: Finch or Grosbeak?
Post by: JW Mills on May 03, 2017, 06:41:55 PM

Yup, Female Evening Grosbeak.
Nice find!

Title: Re: Finch or Grosbeak?
Post by: BetCrooks on May 03, 2017, 07:13:33 PM

Thanks! If you know the park, you'll know that it's a tiny woodlot with very degraded habitat, so unfortunately the bird will likely move through quickly, but I will report it on eBird. It's just such an odd bird to see at this time of year and at that location. I'm glad I took its photo!