European Goldfinch

[Freddie]

With the kind permission of the owner -- private property in King Township - 24th November 2018

2018-11-24-117 by Gary Lane, on Flickr

[Shortsighted]

What an extraordinary paint job.
As if it fell onto a wet paint palette,
or just discovered Photoshop,
or committed to decoration for some pagan ritual,
or was intercepted on-route to some sort of war path.
If I ever saw one pf those I would have to go home and have a stiff drink.

[lovemypt]

odd but not that usually....Humber Bay Parks seems to get one every other year or so during winter ....pet store/ owner  escapees, seem to like to hang out with our native goldfinches when they get out

[Paul O'Toole]

Beautiful bird all the same.

[Freddie]

While it's colourful plumage really stood out -- It merged right in with the American Goldfinch, White-crowned Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, House Sparrows, Mourning Doves, Chickadees, House Finches, Red-bellied Woodpecker and others. It certainly looked to be in good shape and certainly got a good feed while I was there.

Escapee or not -- is not important to me --- I just absolutely & thoroughly enjoyed seeing it.